Date: Mon, 10 Nov 1997 10:16:02 +0200 (IST)
From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
To: sl <SL AT usemail DOT com>
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Subject: Re: Program with functions
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On Sun, 9 Nov 1997, sl wrote:

> 	This is doable but still not comfortable.. There has to be a
> better way.. Doesn't automatic disposing or something exist?

It does: it's called `alloca'.  It works like `malloc', but allocates
the storage off the stack, so when your function returns, that storage
is automagically deallocated.

Caveat: since the default stack is 256KB-long, this technique is
dangerous if you need large buffers.  But for small (say, up to 10K)
buffers, it is ideal.