From: Erik Max Francis <max AT alcyone DOT com>
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Subject: Re: memory allocation: malloc vs. calloc
Date: Sat, 26 Apr 1997 13:18:10 -0700
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Salvador Eduardo Tropea (SET) wrote:

> The function is alloca(). Be careful the stack doesn't grow when you 
> need more
> like the heap. I don't remmember if exist a variant to fill it with 
> zeros but
> you can make a memset after the alloca. Be careful alloca isn't a
> function.

Furthermore, be careful to note that alloca is not ANSI C standard and
thus any programs that use it will not be portable.

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