On 03/10/2007, Eli Zaretskii <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > From: Paul Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Cc: Yongwei Wu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, make-w32@gnu.org > > Date: Tue, 02 Oct 2007 21:39:04 -0400 > > > > On Tue, 2007-10-02 at 17:26 +0200, Eli Zaretskii wrote: > > > What advantage is there in using alloca? > > > > So, alloca() is nice because it's dynamic. > > But it could get you in trouble if the file name in question is very > long, since the stack is limited.
char array[MAX] also allocates on the stack. So alloca is better, since it should allocate less. Best regards, Yongwei -- Wu Yongwei URL: http://wyw.dcweb.cn/ _______________________________________________ Make-w32 mailing list Make-w32@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/make-w32
