Mail Archives: djgpp-workers/1998/05/28/12:40:32
On Wed, 27 May 1998, Nate Eldredge wrote:
> Eli just added a patch to have it print out the stack limit upon crashing,
> which could be adjusted appropriately. The user could be instructed that if
> esp < that value, they should increase their stack size, or check for some
> stack bug (like unintended infinite recursion).
The general idea is to enhance symify to note such subtleties and print
appropriate warnings/diagnostics. The addition to the dump was the first
step, although even it alone goes a long way towards making stack
problems explicit, especially when looking at someone else's crash dump
half world away from you ;-).
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