Re: heap allocation of arrays

Jugoslav Dujic wrote:

(snip regarding heap vs. stack allocation)

I recall a discussion on Intel Forum regarding a suggestion of
an "opposite" feature -- make ALLOCATABLE arrays to be allocated on the stack if they fit, for efficiency reasons. As Steve explained
then, it's not easy to get the top of the stack on Windows, so it
wasn't quite feasible thing to do.

There is a non-standard C library function alloca() for stack
allocation of dynamic arrays in C. The main advantage is not
having to remember to free() them. I never use it because it
is not be available on all systems.

-- glen

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