[PATCH] 69759 - document __builtin_alloca and __builtin_alloca_with_align

Andreas Schwab schwab@linux-m68k.org
Sat Feb 20 08:32:00 GMT 2016


Martin Sebor <msebor@gmail.com> writes:

> +in bits (not bytes).  @var{size} must be positive and not exceed the stack
> +size limit.  @var{align} must be a constant integer expression that

Don't use a lowercase word at the start of a sentence.

> +The @code{__builtin_alloca_with_align} function is provided to make
> +it possible to allocate overaligned arrays with a runtime bound on
> +the stack.

That sentence is confusing.  What is a runtime, and why is it bound on
the stack?

Andreas.

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