Re: [boost] [context] make_fcontext stack pointer unclear from documentation

Subject: Re: [boost] [context] make_fcontext stack pointer unclear from documentation
From: Oliver Kowalke (oliver.kowalke_at_[hidden])
Date: 2013-05-25 07:03:10

2013/5/25 Michael Marcin <mike.marcin_at_[hidden]>

> The function make_fcontext takes a stack pointer. However it is not clear
> at all from the documentation that the stack pointer should actually point
> to the end of the stack buffer.

hmm - itis architecture depended in which direction the stack grows. The
current supported architectures use downward growing stacks.
The documentation contains [1]:
'Note: Depending on the architecture *StackAllocator* returns an address
from the top of the stack (grows downwards) or the bottom of the stack
(grows upwards). '

> [1]
> http://www.boost.org/doc/libs/1_53_0/libs/context/doc/html/context/stack.html
>