alloca_.h

00001 /* Memory allocation on the stack.
00002 
00003    Copyright (C) 1995, 1999, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004 Free Software
00004    Foundation, Inc.
00005 
00006    This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
00007    under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published
00008    by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2.1, or (at your option)
00009    any later version.
00010 
00011    This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
00012    but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
00013    MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
00014    General Public License for more details.
00015 
00016    You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
00017    License along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
00018    Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301,
00019    USA.  */
00020 
00021 /* Avoid using the symbol _ALLOCA_H here, as Bison assumes _ALLOCA_H
00022    means there is a real alloca function.  */
00023 #ifndef _GNULIB_ALLOCA_H
00024 # define _GNULIB_ALLOCA_H
00025 
00026 /* alloca (N) returns a pointer to N bytes of memory
00027    allocated on the stack, which will last until the function returns.
00028    Use of alloca should be avoided:
00029      - inside arguments of function calls - undefined behaviour,
00030      - in inline functions - the allocation may actually last until the
00031        calling function returns,
00032      - for huge N (say, N >= 65536) - you never know how large (or small)
00033        the stack is, and when the stack cannot fulfill the memory allocation
00034        request, the program just crashes.
00035  */
00036 
00037 #ifdef __GNUC__
00038 # define alloca __builtin_alloca
00039 #elif defined _AIX
00040 # define alloca __alloca
00041 #elif defined _MSC_VER
00042 # include <malloc.h>
00043 # define alloca _alloca
00044 #else
00045 # include <stddef.h>
00046 # ifdef  __cplusplus
00047 extern "C"
00048 # endif
00049 void *alloca (size_t);
00050 #endif
00051 
00052 #endif /* _GNULIB_ALLOCA_H */

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