Date: Thu, 28 May 1998 19:39:23 +0300 (IDT)
From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
To: Nate Eldredge <nate AT cartsys DOT com>
cc: Charles Sandmann <sandmann AT clio DOT rice DOT edu>, djgpp-workers AT delorie DOT com
Subject: Re: A better stack dump
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On Wed, 27 May 1998, Nate Eldredge wrote:

> Eli just added a patch to have it print out the stack limit upon crashing,
> which could be adjusted appropriately. The user could be instructed that if
> esp < that value, they should increase their stack size, or check for some
> stack bug (like unintended infinite recursion).

The general idea is to enhance symify to note such subtleties and print 
appropriate warnings/diagnostics.  The addition to the dump was the first 
step, although even it alone goes a long way towards making stack 
problems explicit, especially when looking at someone else's crash dump 
half world away from you ;-).