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Re: Re: Why does gcc generate const local array on stack?
- From: Jonathan Wakely <jwakely dot gcc at gmail dot com>
- To: lh_mouse <lh_mouse at 126 dot com>
- Cc: Bingfeng Mei <bingfeng dot mei at broadcom dot com>, gcc <gcc at gcc dot gnu dot org>
- Date: Thu, 21 Apr 2016 10:39:38 +0100
- Subject: Re: Re: Why does gcc generate const local array on stack?
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On 21 April 2016 at 03:41, lh_mouse wrote:
> See this example: http://coliru.stacked-crooked.com/a/048b4aa5046da11b
>
> In this example the function is called recursively.
See the original email you replied to:
"I understand if this function is recursive and pointer of the array
is involved, GCC would have to maintain the array on stack and hence
the initialization."
The question is about cases where that doesn't happen.