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Re: [patch] configfile


From: Marco Gerards
Subject: Re: [patch] configfile
Date: Mon, 14 Feb 2005 19:20:18 +0000
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"Yoshinori K. Okuji" <address@hidden> writes:

> On Sunday 13 February 2005 20:41, Marco Gerards wrote:
>> It just seems it a bit awkward to me.  I have no idea how big the
>> stack is on the PC and if it will cause problems.
>
> I don't know, either, but I guess it would consume less than 1KB per 
> configfile, because large data is allocated on the heap but not on the 
> stack. If you don't like it, it is feasible to push the context of 
> current configuration and call longjmp to start a new configuration. I 
> think this is tricky.

What I had in mind was to change the menu in memory.  But I don't have
any problems with a few lost bytes either.  So we just do it like in
Hollis' patch?  In that case I'll review so it can be applied.

--
Marco





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