-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 [please cc me] Nick Maclaren wrote: > 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. > This is not what I was trying to ask for. I don't want to _switch_ the stack completely, but selectively put some data on a different stack. > 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. > This sounds like what I was looking for. thanks - -- - -ness- -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFGzBpHvD/ijq9JWhsRAjGGAJ9+dEpsGK46iyBAaVHI4RsgIX9ZawCfWfG6 Lu1ejnxwUL4yknHdP3PhZLs= =PIBK -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
