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icon3.gif  Improvements to several Lang.cpp functions [message #19941] Tue, 03 February 2009 23:21 Go to next message
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It is possible to use _alloca() instead of fixed size stack buffer on Windows.

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Re: Improvements to several Lang.cpp functions [message #20046 is a reply to message #19941] Fri, 13 February 2009 11:07 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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Novo wrote on Tue, 03 February 2009 17:21

It is possible to use _alloca() instead of fixed size stack buffer on Windows.


I believe it is not worth of trouble. These functions do not tend to be called in recursion and buffer sizes are adequate.

Mirek
Re: Improvements to several Lang.cpp functions [message #20053 is a reply to message #20046] Sat, 14 February 2009 01:47 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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luzr wrote on Fri, 13 February 2009 05:07

Novo wrote on Tue, 03 February 2009 17:21

It is possible to use _alloca() instead of fixed size stack buffer on Windows.


I believe it is not worth of trouble. These functions do not tend to be called in recursion and buffer sizes are adequate.

Mirek


Smile It is just cleaner code and more efficient memory usage. You do not need such big buffer in most cases.


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Re: Improvements to several Lang.cpp functions [message #20386 is a reply to message #20053] Mon, 16 March 2009 10:25 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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Novo wrote on Fri, 13 February 2009 19:47

luzr wrote on Fri, 13 February 2009 05:07

Novo wrote on Tue, 03 February 2009 17:21

It is possible to use _alloca() instead of fixed size stack buffer on Windows.


I believe it is not worth of trouble. These functions do not tend to be called in recursion and buffer sizes are adequate.

Mirek


Smile It is just cleaner code and more efficient memory usage. You do not need such big buffer in most cases.



I do not believe that alloca is better code... It is longer code and it is (in general, it is perhaps not a problem here) platform/compiler specific (AFAIK).

Mirek
Re: Improvements to several Lang.cpp functions [message #20399 is a reply to message #20386] Tue, 17 March 2009 03:37 Go to previous message
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I don't insist on using alloca(). Smile
I'm pretty sure alloca() doesn't exist on gaming consoles, but it exists in msvc, glibc (Linux and BSD).

Below is an implementation of alloca(), which I found in GLIBC.

# define alloca(size)	__builtin_alloca (size)

#ifndef NO_UNDERSCORES
#define __builtin_alloca ___builtin_alloca
#endif

ENTRY (__builtin_alloca)
	sub %sp, %o0, %sp	/* Push some stack space.  */
	retl			/* Return; the returned buffer leaves 96 */
	add %sp, 96, %o0	/* bytes of register save area at the top. */
END (__builtin_alloca) 


IMHO, using of alloca() is just safer and cleaner. But that is completely up to you.


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Novo

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