Top "Stack" questions

A stack is a last in, first out (LIFO) abstract data type and data structure.

What is stack unwinding?

What is stack unwinding? Searched through but couldn't find enlightening answer!

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How can I examine the stack frame with GDB?

Right now I've been using GDB to disassemble a binary file and check out different registers and whatnot. Is there …

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Java / Android - How to print out a full stack trace?

In Android (Java) how do I print out a full stack trace? If my application crashes from nullPointerException or something, …

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What is between ESP and EBP?

Right, I'm sure this is implicitly answered many times, but I seem not to be able to quite get to …

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Does Python optimize tail recursion?

I have the following piece of code which fails with the following error: RuntimeError: maximum recursion depth exceeded I attempted …

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Android remove Activity from back stack

Okay so I'm kind of stumped on what to do with this. So I have the MainActivity, and from there …

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Does stack grow upward or downward?

I have this piece of code in c: int q = 10; int s = 5; int a[3]; printf("Address of a: %d\n", (…

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Where can I find default -Xss (stack size) value for Sun/Oracle JVM?

Has anyone ever found a single JVM document listing default -Xss values for various versions of the Sun/Oracle JVM, …

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When and how to use GCC's stack protection feature?

I have enabled the -Wstack-protector warning when compiling the project I'm working on (a commercial multi-platform C++ game engine, compiling …

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Increase stack size in Linux with setrlimit

reading information about how to increase stack size for a c++ application compiled with gnu, at compilation time, I understood …

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