run-time stack-based allocation

[Alex Rønne Petersen]

On 07-05-2012 13:58, Gor Gyolchanyan wrote:
> I'm working on dynamic memory layout manager. Simply put, it will
> allow one to create and use struct types at run-time.
> Normally, you create a struct at compile-time type by specifying an
> ordered list of fields, each with its own type (basically a size) and
> name.
> You then access those fields by calling a compile-time evaluated dot
> operator, which computes the address of the specified field given the
> address of the struct.
> What I'm trying to make is precisely that, except at run-time.
>
> My question is: what is the best way of allocating such a structure on
> the stack? It will, of course, have a dynamically known size.
>

alloca?

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- Alex