| ??? 06/27/06 21:48 Read: times |
#119218 - what return??? Responding to: ???'s previous message |
I said:
I'd like it [SP overflow exception] also as interrupt to be able to "fail gracefully Erik Malund said:
where would you store the interrupt return ? What return??? SP overflew, that means, SW failed. Time for BSOD*, or, better, core dump. The difference with present status quo is, now it fails in an unpredictible way. JW -------- * I wouldn't use BSOD to avoid getting sued by M$ - I bet they have patented that already :-) |
| Topic | Author | Date |
| best practice regarding SP | 01/01/70 00:00 | |
| an easier method | 01/01/70 00:00 | |
| the other way round | 01/01/70 00:00 | |
| as a general rule | 01/01/70 00:00 | |
| Good rule | 01/01/70 00:00 | |
| on stack and data | 01/01/70 00:00 | |
| Estimating stack usage | 01/01/70 00:00 | |
| The future is now | 01/01/70 00:00 | |
| I'd like it also as interrupt... | 01/01/70 00:00 | |
| where would you store the interrupt retu | 01/01/70 00:00 | |
| what return??? | 01/01/70 00:00 | |
| then don't call it an interrupt | 01/01/70 00:00 | |
| OK, call it... exception? | 01/01/70 00:00 | |
| Trap perhaps? | 01/01/70 00:00 | |
| trap! | 01/01/70 00:00 | |
| the root | 01/01/70 00:00 | |
| Fair point | 01/01/70 00:00 | |
| signaling | 01/01/70 00:00 | |
avost? | 01/01/70 00:00 |