Author: Sheri Date: To: Nuno Lopes, pcre-dev Subject: Re: [pcre-dev] coff file info and data
Nuno Lopes wrote: >>> BTW, would it be possible to include some options for allocating some
>>> fixed stack space when configuring under windows (if not disabling stack
>>> recursion)? I think it involves setting some flags? Or automatically
>>> doing so with 8 mb (so all the pcretests work?)
>>>
>> Of course I know nothing about Windows, but I very much doubt this is
>> sensible or workable as a general PCRE thing. In Unix, there's a
>> function called setrlimit() that sets an upper limit to the stack
>> (amongst other things) subject to a global maximum. Maybe you can do the
>> same in Windows, but I do not think this is something that PCRE should
>> be doing. It's the application that calls PCRE that should be adjusting
>> its environment.
>>
>
> This can be configured on compile-time with MSVC (I don't remember how, but
> I know it has a switch to configure that).
>
> Nuno
>
>
> We use the shared library on Windows, I don't think the application has
a say. As best I understand it (and I am not a programmer), our
application simply loads the library. But I will pass along your
comments, thanks.
