From 352b014540c743530cd0347bdd80fb3c1155dfd4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Jim Meyering Date: Fri, 6 Jun 2003 20:19:37 +0000 Subject: from gnulib --- lib/alloca_.h | 68 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 68 insertions(+) create mode 100644 lib/alloca_.h (limited to 'lib/alloca_.h') diff --git a/lib/alloca_.h b/lib/alloca_.h new file mode 100644 index 000000000..bb8e6a7a5 --- /dev/null +++ b/lib/alloca_.h @@ -0,0 +1,68 @@ +/* Memory allocation on the stack. + Copyright (C) 1995, 1999, 2001-2003 Free Software Foundation, Inc. + + This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it + under the terms of the GNU Library General Public License as published + by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option) + any later version. + + This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, + but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of + MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU + Library General Public License for more details. + + You should have received a copy of the GNU Library General Public + License along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software + Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307, + USA. */ + +/* When this file is included, it may be preceded only by preprocessor + declarations. Thanks to AIX. Therefore we include it right after + "config.h", not later. */ + +#ifndef _ALLOCA_H +# define _ALLOCA_H + +/* alloca(N) returns a pointer (void* or char*) to N bytes of memory + allocated on the stack, and which will last until the function returns. + Use of alloca should be avoided: + - inside arguments of function calls - undefined behaviour, + - in inline functions - the allocation may actually last until the + calling function returns, + - for huge N (say, N >= 65536) - you never know how large (or small) + the stack is, and when the stack cannot fulfill the memory allocation + request, the program just crashes. + */ + +# ifdef __GNUC__ +# ifndef alloca +# define alloca __builtin_alloca +# endif +# else +# ifdef _MSC_VER +# include +# define alloca _alloca +# else +# if HAVE_ALLOCA_H +# include +# else +# ifdef _AIX + # pragma alloca +# else +# ifdef __hpux /* This section must match that of bison generated files. */ +# ifdef __cplusplus +extern "C" void *alloca (unsigned int); +# else /* not __cplusplus */ +extern void *alloca (); +# endif /* not __cplusplus */ +# else /* not __hpux */ +# ifndef alloca +extern char *alloca (); +# endif +# endif /* __hpux */ +# endif +# endif +# endif +# endif + +#endif /* _ALLOCA_H */ -- cgit v1.2.3-54-g00ecf