1 /* Memory allocation on the stack.
3 Copyright (C) 1995, 1999, 2001-2004, 2006-2023 Free Software Foundation,
6 This file is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
7 it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as
8 published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2.1 of the
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19 /* Avoid using the symbol _ALLOCA_H here, as Bison assumes _ALLOCA_H
20 means there is a real alloca function. */
24 /* alloca (N) returns a pointer to N bytes of memory
25 allocated on the stack, which will last until the function returns.
26 Use of alloca should be avoided:
27 - inside arguments of function calls - undefined behaviour,
28 - in inline functions - the allocation may actually last until the
29 calling function returns,
30 - for huge N (say, N >= 65536) - you never know how large (or small)
31 the stack is, and when the stack cannot fulfill the memory allocation
32 request, the program just crashes.
36 /* Some version of mingw have an <alloca.h> that causes trouble when
37 included after 'alloca' gets defined as a macro. As a workaround,
38 include this <alloca.h> first and define 'alloca' as a macro afterwards
40 # if defined __GNUC__ && (defined _WIN32 && ! defined __CYGWIN__) && @HAVE_ALLOCA_H@
41 # include_next <alloca.h>
45 # if defined __GNUC__ || (__clang_major__ >= 4)
46 # define alloca __builtin_alloca
48 # define alloca __alloca
49 # elif defined _MSC_VER
51 # define alloca _alloca
52 # elif defined __DECC && defined __VMS
53 # define alloca __ALLOCA
54 # elif defined __TANDEM && defined _TNS_E_TARGET
58 void *_alloca (unsigned short);
59 # pragma intrinsic (_alloca)
60 # define alloca _alloca
61 # elif defined __MVS__
68 void *alloca (size_t);
72 #endif /* _GL_ALLOCA_H */