AFAIK, frame pointer points to the current activation record. Activation records, for example, are created when a function is called, or the program enters a different block of code. It can have details of the return address, local variables etc. Now for getting the variables under the current scope, a frame pointer is used.
A program will have an associated stack, to store values related to the program. At times even the activtion records are stored in the stack. The stack pointer points to the top of this stack. On Tue, 2004-11-23 at 14:54, Ankit Jain wrote: > Frame pointer, Stack Pointer....i want to understand > this concept w.r.t stack in a program > > how a program stores and understand by this > > thanks > > ankit > > ________________________________________________________________________ > Yahoo! Messenger - Communicate instantly..."Ping" > your friends today! Download Messenger Now > http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com/download/index.html > - > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-newbie" in > the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html > Please read the FAQ at http://www.linux-learn.org/faqs -- Jagadeesh Bhaskar P <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-newbie" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.linux-learn.org/faqs
