On 06/22/11 21:50, Darren New wrote:
> Does the standard say anything about how deeply nested calls can
> recurse?

Partially: At least 2, because it says that functions can be called
recursively. :-)


> I would imagine this is one of those things that's really
> difficult to standardize. Or is this one of those "implementation
> defined" things, which would also seem very difficult to control via the
> compiler on a modern OS.

there are a lot of limits and other limitations where "no diagnostic is
required". But I cannot find anything about a maximum of function call
nesting levels, neither in C++ 2003 nor in C 99.

Lars R.

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