On Tue, 2007-04-03 at 21:51 -0400, John Anthony Kazos Jr. wrote:
> > This is wrong. Although the scope is at _block_ level, all variables are
> > allocated on the stack at _function_ level. So, when entering func() all
> > variables within it, including x and y, are allocated.
>
> But this doesn't make sense. Why would the compiler not immediately
> optimize both variables into the same allocation? It seems obvious to me
> that the amount of space pushed onto the stack when the function is
> entered should be the maximum space needed by any combination of local
> variables in-scope at any time. GCC wouldn't be that stupid, would it?
Sorry, the last message was sent before I finished. As I was saying, I
agree, and it depends on the compiler optimization level:
00:21:13 framos@core2duo:~ $> more teste.c
#include <stdio.h>
int main()
{
{
int x=5;
printf("x=%d\n",x);
printf("addr(x)=%p\n", &x);
}
{
int y=10;
printf("y=%d\n",y);
printf("add(y)=%p\n", &y);
}
return 0;
}
00:21:21 framos@core2duo:~ $> gcc -o teste teste.c
00:21:24 framos@core2duo:~ $> ./teste
x=5
addr(x)=0xbffb2200
y=10
add(y)=0xbffb21fc
If you use -O2 or -O3, yes, it works as we expect:
00:22:39 framos@core2duo:~ $> gcc -O2 -o teste teste.c
00:22:46 framos@core2duo:~ $> ./teste
x=5
addr(x)=0xbfd9e7ec
y=10
add(y)=0xbfd9e7ec
Cheers!
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