Re: alloca_.h suggested change

2006-06-19 Thread Paul Eggert
Thanks for reporting that. Wouldn't it be safer to skip all forms of defining alloca, if it's already defined? I installed this, which puts an "#ifndef alloca" around everything. 2006-06-19 Paul Eggert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> * alloca_.h (alloca) [defined alloca]: Don't define or declare.

alloca_.h suggested change

2006-06-19 Thread Mark D. Baushke
On FreeBSD 6.1, the file /usr/include/stdlib.h has the following on lines 219 through 233 inclusive: /* * The alloca() function can't be implemented in C, and on some * platforms it can't be implemented at all as a callable function. * The GNU C compiler provides a built-in alloca() which we ca