On 6/28/2011 5:26, Lars R. wrote:
> 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. :-)

Heh heh heh. That's a point.

> 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.

See, that bothers me. Because it implies a function call will always 
succeed, because they didn't say it might fail but they do tell you the 
semantics of it succeeding.  That's why I wondered what kind of wording they 
were using.

-- 
Darren New, San Diego CA, USA (PST)
   "Coding without comments is like
    driving without turn signals."

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