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		XMPPwocky on Sept 23, 2019 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: ProtoThreads: Lightweight, Stackless Threads in C So if the compiler decides to spill an intermediate value to the stack, you'll have a horribly confusing corruption bug? Fun!

kccqzy on Sept 23, 2019 [–]

Not really. The compiler sees the resulting C code after macro expansion, so the compiler sees the giant switch and the return statements. It won't try to preserve anything.

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