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From: flee@shire.cs.psu.edu (Felix Lee)
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Subject: Re: alloca (was: libpw.a)
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Date: 25 Apr 89 00:17:10 GMT
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Are there uses of alloca() that can't be handled by variable-length
automatic arrays:
	{ int n = 10; { char s[n]; } }
which are allowed by GNU cc?

Are there architectures that will not allow you to implement this?
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