Re: [Boost-users] Boost.Context stack growing inwards

Subject: Re: [Boost-users] Boost.Context stack growing inwards
From: Oliver Kowalke (oliver.kowalke_at_[hidden])
Date: 2016-02-29 10:27:36

2016-02-29 16:12 GMT+01:00 TONGARI J <tongari95_at_[hidden]>:

> 2016-02-29 22:19 GMT+08:00 Thomas Ziegenhagen <thomas_at_[hidden]>:
>
>> Hi again,
>>
>> just noticed that the make_fcontext() documentation says that it expects
>> the stack pointer to be at the end or at the beginning, depending on the
>> architecture.
>>
>> So please re-read my last mail as a feature request:
>>
>> If Boost.Context is a platform-independent context switching library,
>> please make its stack pointer parameter also platform-independent.
>>
>> Rationale:
>>
>> Booost.Context knows best on which platform it runs. If the API is
>> supposed to work the same on all supported systems, its parameter should do
>> so, too.
>>
>> Other than that: Sorry for wasting your time.
>
>
> I have the same opinion and I had argued that with the lib author, but he
> somewhat insisted that Booost.Context should not do so... :(
>

because fcontext-API is no longer part of the public API