[Dev-C++] The final final stack counting code

[Ioannis V. <no...@ho...>]

This is the final stack counting ANSI C++ compliant code with the
maximum precision i can make. Sorry for the many postings:


#include <iostream>

void stack()
{
  using namespace std;

  // Variable is created on the stack permanently and
  // keeps its value between stack() calls (a nightmare
  // for concurrency).
  static unsigned long counter=0;

  // sizeof(void *) to remove the size of the pointer the function call
  // occupies itself on the stack
  char buffer[1024-sizeof(void *)];

  counter++;

  // -sizeof(counter) to remove the size of the static variable
  // counter. -sizeof(void *)  to remove the size of the pointer of
main()
  // in the stack.
  cout<<"Allocated approximately "<<counter-sizeof(counter)-sizeof(void
*);
  cout<<" KB of stack before i die\n";

  stack();
}



int main()
{
  stack();
}



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