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SubjectRe: arm checkstack
On Tue, 4 November 2008 17:06:28 +0100, Matthieu CASTET wrote:
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> I wonder why the arm version of checkstack only catch stack size >= 300
> and < 10000 [1].
> Why doesn't it use ".*sub.*sp, sp, #([0-9]{1,8})" to catch all stack usage ?

Looks like a bug. And it further looks like Holger just copied what
everyone else did at the time. And the one who started this strange
pattern was: Arnd.

Arnd, did you have a good reason for choosing the pattern?

> [1]
> $re = qr/.*sub.*sp, sp, #(([0-9]{2}|[3-9])[0-9]{2})/o;

Jörn

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