From:	Charles Sandmann <sandmann AT clio DOT rice DOT edu>
Newsgroups:	comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject:	Re: allocating big chunks with djgpp
Date:	Sun, 09 Feb 2003 10:13:54 CST
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> with 16-bit DOS compilers, char buffer[30000][81] seems unrealistic and
> infeasible. Now with Djgpp, how do I allocate such a big buffer in terms of
> what syntax is used? or leave that code snippet intact and the linker will
> function okay?

The code snippet should work intact if it is a static variable and not
an automatic variable.  If it is an automatic varaible (inside a 
function for example) it would be put on the stack - and that's too big
for DJGPP's default stack.  You can change the stack size to work around
this, but other ways are to make it a global/static variable or to use
malloc() to allocate it.

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