RFA/RFC: Add stack recursion limit to libiberty's demangler [v3]
Nick Clifton
nickc@redhat.com
Mon Dec 3 14:45:00 GMT 2018
Hi Richard,
>> * The description of the DMGL_RECURSE_LIMIT option in demangle.h has
>> been enhanced to add a note that if the option is not used, then
>> bug reports about stack overflows in the demangler will be rejected.
>
> Shouldn't we make it fool-proof by instead introducing a DMGL_NO_RECURSION_LIMIT
> flag and when not set default to limiting recursion?
Well I wanted the patch to be backwards compatible. Just on the
general principle of not surprising users/programmers by changing
things without telling them first.
I could change this of course, but I would rather have Ian's blessing
first.
Cheers
Nick
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