On Mon, Oct 03, 2022 at 12:31:42PM +0000, nia wrote: > I'd argue that providing alloca(3) as anything except a compiler > builtin is a bug, and that kind of thing should never be used.
Well, if you are in strict C/C++ standard mode, alloca should not exist because it is not part of the standard. If you are in GNU-extended mode, the builtin logic for it will trigger. Not leaking extra macros has its advantage. Joerg