From:	bobk AT ge DOT chem DOT binghamton DOT edu (Bob Kematick)
Subject:	Re: Array bounds checking
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Eli Zaretskii (eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il) wrote:

: On Sat, 7 Feb 1998, Rich wrote:

: > Do any of the gcc compilers do array bounds checking during runtime?  I
: > have a very large program, and it's very likely that some routines are
: > overstepping their array boundaries.

: There used to be a GCC extension to check array bounds.  Last time I
: heard about it it was at these URLs:

: 	ftp://dse.doc.ic.ac.uk/pub/misc/bcc
: 	http://www-dse.doc.ic.ac.uk/~rj3/bounds-checking.html
: 	http://www-ala.doc.ic.ac.uk/~phjk/BoundsChecking.html


FWIW : It is built in to the emx / nt09c port of gcc.

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