[m-dev.] stack segments as default

[Dirk Ziegemeyer]

Hi,

> Am 23.10.2015 um 04:43 schrieb Julien Fischer <jfischer at opturion.com>:
> 
> 
> 
> On Fri, 23 Oct 2015, Zoltan Somogyi wrote:
> 
>> On Fri, 23 Oct 2015 10:42:46 +1100 (AEDT), Julien Fischer <jfischer at opturion.com> wrote:
>>> * the "stseg" component is specified for all low-level C grades (not just
>>>   the debugging and deep profiling ones).
>> 
>> We currently denote the distinction between LLDS grades with
>> and without stack segments in grade names by component names
>> "" for no stack segments and ".stseg" for stack segments.
>> 
>> I propose that we also allow something like ".nostseg"
>> to also denote no stack segments. Then, after a transition period,
>> we should switch the meaning of "" to mean stack segments,
>> i.e. make stack segments the default.
> 
> I have no objection to making stack segments the default, but I would
> prefer to avoid having grade components that represent the absence
> of a feature.  I suggest that rather than ".nostseg" we have a component
> that indicates the use of a fixed size stack, for example ".fixed_st"
> or something along that line.

Do I understand it right, that the use of stseg would avoid stack overflow errors like described in Mantis #385 and mailing list http://www.mercurylang.org/list-archives/developers/2015-April/016288.html?

This would be a very good reason to make stseg the default grade.

Best regards,
Dirk