stack overflow

[swesoc]

Hello Friends,

Assume, If i write a recerive function that goes in an infinite loop &
exceeds the limit of stack

I know it gives 'stack overflow' but other then what happens internally

[Alf P. Steinbach]

Re: stack overflow

* swesoc:[color=blue]
>
> Assume, If i write a recerive function that goes in an infinite loop &
> exceeds the limit of stack[/color]

Presumably you mean an infinite recursion.

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> I know it gives 'stack overflow' but other then what happens internally[/color]

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[Someonekicked]

Re: stack overflow

the hardrive starts shouting too loud, the processor might get out of
control and shoot all requests.
someone might get hurt...

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"swesoc" <aapgaikwad@gma il.com> wrote in message
news:1133934176 .531906.108820@ f14g2000cwb.goo glegroups.com.. .[color=blue]
> Hello Friends,
>
> Assume, If i write a recerive function that goes in an infinite loop &
> exceeds the limit of stack
>
> I know it gives 'stack overflow' but other then what happens internally
>[/color]

[Niels Dybdahl]

Re: stack overflow

> Assume, If i write a recerive function that goes in an infinite loop &[color=blue]
> exceeds the limit of stack
>
> I know it gives 'stack overflow' but other then what happens internally[/color]

Some compilers might create code that throws an exception, which can be
caught. Other compilers just create code that crashes the whole application.
It is a very tricky error to handle, because there is no more stack space
for the error handling code.

Niels Dybdahl

[red floyd]

Re: stack overflow

Someonekicked wrote:[color=blue]
> the hardrive starts shouting too loud, the processor might get out of
> control and shoot all requests.
> someone might get hurt...
>[/color]
Don't forget:

Fire and brimstone coming down from the skies. Rivers and seas boiling.
Forty years of darkness. Earthquakes, volcanoes...
The dead rising from the grave.
Human sacrifice, dogs and cats living together - mass hysteria!

[Csaba]

Re: stack overflow

red floyd <no.spam@here.d ude> wrote in news:ufxlf.2696 3$dO2.19855
@newssvr29.news .prodigy.net:
[color=blue]
> Someonekicked wrote:[color=green]
>> the hardrive starts shouting too loud, the processor might get out of
>> control and shoot all requests.
>> someone might get hurt...
>>[/color]
> Don't forget:
>
> Fire and brimstone coming down from the skies. Rivers and seas boiling.
> Forty years of darkness. Earthquakes, volcanoes...
> The dead rising from the grave.
> Human sacrifice, dogs and cats living together - mass hysteria![/color]

You forgot :

Demons coming out of your nose (if stack overflow counts as Undefined
Behaviour).

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[swesoc]

Re: stack overflow

does anybody know how to do error handling in such case

thanks in advance