[Python-Dev] Memory management in the AST parser & compiler

[Thomas Lee]

Portability may also be an issue to take into consideration:

http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/C-faq/q7.32.html
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/postfix/2001-05/1305.html

Cheers,
Tom

Alex Martelli wrote:

>On Nov 17, 2005, at 12:46 PM, Brett Cannon wrote:
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>>>alloca?
>>>
>>>(duck)
>>>
>>>      
>>>
>>But how widespread is its support (e.g., does Windows have it)?
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>Yep, spelled with a leading underscore:
>http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/ 
>vclib/html/_crt__alloca.asp
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>Alex
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