I changed the Limbo one to pass the initial stack size through (the value of YYMAXDEPTH, default 200) but the parser grows the stack if it needs to. I don't remember anything noticing.
On Wed, 6 Aug 2025 at 15:35, Anthony Sorace <[email protected]> wrote: > I've just run into awk code where yacc's default YYMAXDEPTH of 150 causes > stack exhaustion; increasing it lets the code work fine. It's been 150 > since at least v7 Unix (I didn't have earlier on hand to check), and our > systems are a little bigger now; it seems safe to bump up quite a bit. > > Is anyone aware of yacc-generated code which uses this value as a check, > rather than just being the more obvious guard against using too much system > resources? > ------------------------------------------ 9fans: 9fans Permalink: https://9fans.topicbox.com/groups/9fans/Td74874a3700432ac-M5138ee43829825c59352b4cb Delivery options: https://9fans.topicbox.com/groups/9fans/subscription
