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RE: Heapless C/C++
On Sat, Oct 08, 2011 at 11:13:31, Shiv Shankar Dayal wrote:
> Cc: gcc@gcc.gnu.org
> Subject: Re: Heapless C/C++
>
> I have not thought over it for more than three days. But here is the
> simple answer. You can implement two stacks in one. Keep normal stuff
> which is not allocated by our alloca() like function at one end and
> all other alloca() like objects at the other end. This would simplify
> our problems a lot. Yes, this is very much like existing arrangement of stack
and heap where they grow in opposite direction.
> By using this mechanism we can minimize the shifting of objects at the
> other end only.
So, instead of a stack and a heap, you now have a stack and "something that
looks
exactly like a heap but we'll call it a stacky-thing" which will be used for all
the
allocations that would have gone on the heap.
I think we're back at square one here...
Regards,
David P.