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Re: [RFA] alloca coding standard
- To: nsd at redhat dot com
- Subject: Re: [RFA] alloca coding standard
- From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz at delorie dot com>
- Date: Wed, 15 Nov 2000 06:20:47 -0500 (EST)
- CC: kevinb at cygnus dot com, gdb at sources dot redhat dot com
- References: <1001113205812.ZM8470@ocotillo.lan> <200011132124.eADLOnc17012@rtl.cygnus.com>
- Reply-to: Eli Zaretskii <eliz at is dot elta dot co dot il>
> Date: Mon, 13 Nov 2000 16:24:49 -0500
> From: Nick Duffek <nsd@redhat.com>
>
> On 13-Nov-2000, Kevin Buettner wrote:
>
> >I think we ought to just pick a number (in bytes) and not mention
> >pages at all.
>
> I agree. I'll rework the patch to specify 512 bytes or whatever number
> the group thinks is reasonable.
I think 512 bytes is too restricting. 1K or even 2K should not harm
anything. (My criterion is the maximum size of an automatic array
that I would use without too much hesitation.)