Inlining vs the stack

[Paul Koning]

>>>>> "Mike" == Mike Stump <mrs@apple.com> writes:

 Mike> On Aug 12, 2005, at 10:39 AM, Dale Johannesen wrote:
 >> We had a situation come up here where things are like this
 >> (simplified, obviously):
 >> 
 >> c() { char x[1000000]; }

 Mike> I think we should turn off inlining for functions > 100k stack
 Mike> size.  (Or maybe 500k, if you want).

Why should stack size be a consideration?  Code size I understand, but
stack size doesn't seem to matter.

      paul