Re: [fpc-pascal] get_caller_frame

Ryan Joseph via fpc-pascal schrieb am Fr., 22. Nov. 2019, 01:51: > > > > On Nov 21, 2019, at 1:41 AM, Sven Barth via fpc-pascal < > fpc-pascal@lists.freepascal.org> wrote: > > > > No. On x86 it's essentially the content of the EBP/RBP register which is > (assuming no optimizations are done) essen

Re: [fpc-pascal] get_caller_frame

> On Nov 21, 2019, at 1:41 AM, Sven Barth via fpc-pascal > wrote: > > No. On x86 it's essentially the content of the EBP/RBP register which is > (assuming no optimizations are done) essentially the ESP/RSP register of the > calling function. This is only used by the exception handling to hav

Re: [fpc-pascal] get_caller_frame

Am 20.11.2019 um 23:52 schrieb Ryan Joseph via fpc-pascal: On Nov 20, 2019, at 1:56 AM, Sven Barth via fpc-pascal wrote: It returns the address of the caller's frame pointer. See also https://www.freepascal.org/docs-html/rtl/system/get_caller_frame.html It's mainly used in context of raisi

Re: [fpc-pascal] get_caller_frame

> On Nov 20, 2019, at 1:56 AM, Sven Barth via fpc-pascal > wrote: > > It returns the address of the caller's frame pointer. See also > https://www.freepascal.org/docs-html/rtl/system/get_caller_frame.html > > It's mainly used in context of raising exceptions with the help of a second > func

Re: [fpc-pascal] get_caller_frame

Am 20.11.19 um 07:56 schrieb Sven Barth via fpc-pascal: Ryan Joseph via fpc-pascal > schrieb am Mi., 20. Nov. 2019, 04:36: I came across get_caller_frame  in some unrelated code and I was just curious about this so I wanted to ask. What does

Re: [fpc-pascal] get_caller_frame

Ryan Joseph via fpc-pascal schrieb am Mi., 20. Nov. 2019, 04:36: > I came across get_caller_frame in some unrelated code and I was just > curious about this so I wanted to ask. > > What does get_caller_frame return exactly? Is this a pointer to a stack > frame that could be copied to the heap? I