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From: Jonathan Wakely <jwakely.gcc@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 25 Mar 2019 13:27:00 -0000
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Subject: Re: Recursive SIGSEGV question
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On Mon, 25 Mar 2019 at 13:06, Jonny Grant wrote:
> I had thoughts GCC would generate code that monitored the stack size and
> aborted with a clear message when the stack size was exceeded. Looked
> online, and it doesn't seem to be the case.

That would add overhead that most people don't want.