another newbie question regarding alsa-api

another newbie question regarding alsa-api

[joy]

hi,

just another simple question regarding alsa-api or more. are there any
advanteges of using alloca functions versus malloc functions without
of simplyier handling? has it any effect on memory handling?

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Re: another newbie question regarding alsa-api

[Paul Davis]

>just another simple question regarding alsa-api or more. are there any
>advanteges of using alloca functions versus malloc functions without
>of simplyier handling? has it any effect on memory handling?

its not clear that you know what alloca does. it allocates memory from
the stack, not the heap; as a result, it does not need to be
explicitly freed - when the execution frame is popped (i.e. the
function that called alloca returns), the space is reclaimed
"automatically". 

this has nothing to do with ALSA, btw. alloca has been around for many
years.

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