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Re: PATCH to replace alloca with xmalloc
- To: law at cygnus dot com
- Subject: Re: PATCH to replace alloca with xmalloc
- From: Mark Mitchell <mark at codesourcery dot com>
- Date: Mon, 01 Nov 1999 12:04:12 -0800
- Cc: gcc-patches at gcc dot gnu dot org
- Organization: CodeSourcery, LLC
- References: <199911012250.PAA16709228@n02.acl.lanl.gov><6222.941508074@upchuck>
>>>>> "Jeffrey" == Jeffrey A Law <law@cygnus.com> writes:
Jeffrey> IMHO, allocas based on register #s, insn #s, bb#s or
Jeffrey> other values which can be potentially large need to be
Jeffrey> converted.
I should have made clear that this was my intent.
However, we should think carefully even about things like identifiers:
a 1MB identifier is now something I have seen, sadly.
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