From:	skb AT xmission DOT removethis DOT com (Scott Brown)
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Subject:	Re: Question: allocation
Date:	Tue, 22 Jun 1999 19:58:06 GMT
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On Mon, 21 Jun 1999 22:29:20 +0200, "Marco Fabiani" <fabisoft AT tin DOT it>
wrote:

>I've a little question:
>
>i'f i declare:
>
>int    a[10];
>int    b[10];
>
>int    main()
>{
>int    c[10];
>int    d[10];
>
>    /*    ecc.ecc.    */
>    return 0;
>}
>
>where a, b, c, d goes?
>c and d should go on stack, that in Intel-based machines means c > d (c is
>allocated at an upper address than d), but a and b?? Does djgpp use a data
>segment for global variables (thus b > a) or system stack (thus a > b)?
>And, is it safe to assume that a and b are allocated consecutively in
>memory?

In regard to standard C, I don't believe that you can successfully
predict anything about the locations or underlying data structures for
your four objects.  You should post this question over in comp.lang.c
to get a more complete answer.

Or were you asking about DJGPP in particular?

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