Date: Thu, 18 Mar 93 09:47:13 -0600
From: rcharif AT math DOT utexas DOT edu
Posted-Date: Thu, 18 Mar 93 09:47:13 -0600
To: sandmann AT clio DOT rice DOT edu
Cc: djgpp AT sun DOT soe DOT clarkson DOT edu
Subject: DPMI & new GO32
Reply-To: rcharif AT math DOT utexas DOT edu


    of one wish and adds a new one.  Since OS/2 2.0 is also braindead enough
    to need a stack size in native images, (the microsoft fingerprints remain)

In OS/2 2.0 and higher, the stack size is merely an information for
the system to restrict stack growth. It is as if you used the rlimit
calls in Unix. OS/2 will not allocate the stack unless needed. You can
put an 8 Meg stack limit under OS/2 and not worry about the stack.

    it would be nice if I could run the application under DOS using
    GO32 and inquire at image exit (in DEBUG32?) how much stack had
    actually been used by the image.  This same feature could be used
    to specify (with safety margin) the stack for the DPMI version of
    the code (and my OS/2 ports...).  And, if

How can you be sure that you used the maximum stack ?
How about recursion ?

Regards,
Rami