Array Size Limits

Nathan Sidwell nathan@codesourcery.com
Mon Dec 13 13:18:00 GMT 2004


Jack Liddle wrote:
> As I understand it the size of the stack and the size of the variables
> would be set by the compiler.  Probably due to different compiler versions
> across the system.  More expert people on this list would know more about
> this than I.
The size of stack frames and variables is determined by the compiler.

The maximum stack size is controlled by the environment, not the
compiler.  I know there is a way in Microsoft Windows for a program
to say 'I need X bytes of stack', but I don't know exactly what that way is.

nathan

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