Tom Bachmann <e_mc_h2@xxxxxx> wrote: > > For practical matters, I was asking for existing such support. Thank you > for that (negative) response anyway. Can you (or someone else) estimate > the complexity of adding such support? As far as providing a full ability for the programmer to select between multiple stacks, either statically or dynamically, it is foul. The problems are fundamental in the problem, and hence cannot be easy in gcc. Think about the semantics of compiler-generated temporaries, longjmp/setjmp/exceptions/unwinding etc. As far as providing a traditional secondary stack, such as to put large and dynamically-sized arrays on, that would be a LOT easier. That is the sort of secondary stack that I keep banging on about; by removing those from the primary stack, it improves cache locality and makes it easier for debuggers and tracebacks. As far as providing an alternate stack for exception handling, that is already available (it is a run-time system feature and not a compiler one). But there are other reasons you may want them. Without knowing the details, it is impossible to guess. Regards, Nick Maclaren, University of Cambridge Computing Service, New Museums Site, Pembroke Street, Cambridge CB2 3QH, England. Email: nmm1@xxxxxxxxx Tel.: +44 1223 334761 Fax: +44 1223 334679
