Speex dev - Mar 2005 - Improving memory allocation

> alloca() allocates memory in the current stack frame, and works for both 
> gcc and icc.
Another problem I find with alloca is that you cannot control the
alignment. This might cause problem with the SSE code, which requires
16-byte alignment.

	Jean-Marc

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Jean-Marc Valin <Jean-Marc.Valin@USherbrooke.ca>
Universite de Sherbrooke

Jean-Marc Valin wrote:
>>alloca() allocates memory in the current stack frame, and works for both
>>gcc and icc.
>>    
>>
>
>Another problem I find with alloca is that you cannot control the
>alignment. This might cause problem with the SSE code, which requires
>16-byte alignment.
>  
>
That's a pretty simple problem to solve, though; make a speex_alloca() 
which gives you back something aligned..

-SteveK

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