Portability may also be an issue to take into consideration: http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/C-faq/q7.32.html http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/postfix/2001-05/1305.html Cheers, Tom Alex Martelli wrote: >On Nov 17, 2005, at 12:46 PM, Brett Cannon wrote: > ... >>>>>alloca? >>>>>>(duck) >>>>>>>>>>>But how widespread is its support (e.g., does Windows have it)? >>>>>>Yep, spelled with a leading underscore: >http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/ >vclib/html/_crt__alloca.asp >>>Alex >>_______________________________________________ >Python-Dev mailing list >Python-Dev at python.org >http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev >Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/krumms%40gmail.com >>>