[Oberon] Frame pointer not needed [WAS Re: NAstrobe for RISC5 on Pepino]

Paul Reed paulreed at paddedcell.com
Thu Aug 2 14:23:30 CEST 2018


>> The RISC5 compiler doesn't need a frame pointer (since access
>> to intermediate locals is not allowed > - a restriction I agree with).
>
> Wasn’t the original reason that the FP is no longer needed that the
> *size” of the stack frame (params + locals) is known at compile time?

I would say that was the *final* reason :)
Cheers,
Paul




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