Re: [boost] [Thread] Query: Stack Size

Subject: Re: [boost] [Thread] Query: Stack Size
From: Chad Nelson (chad.thecomfychair_at_[hidden])
Date: 2010-07-28 10:43:07

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> I read somewhere that the default stack size is 8MB which is heavy
> for my application.

It's only 1MB by default. And while that may seem pretty big, the vast
majority of it is reserved-but-uncommitted memory -- in other words, it
doesn't use any memory (only address space) until it's actually used.

(See http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms686774%28VS.85%29.aspx
for more details, if desired.)
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Chad Nelson
Oak Circle Software, Inc.
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