11-14-2007
The stack that main is using won't be untouched virgin memory, it will have been used for subroutine calls by the program's prolog, ie crt0.o (or whatever) prior to main() being called.
The memory is truely in an unknown state, but I take your point about the contents being repeatable under certain conditions. I would call it a case of deja vu.
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alloca
ALLOCA(3) BSD Library Functions Manual ALLOCA(3)
NAME
alloca -- memory allocator
LIBRARY
Standard C Library (libc, -lc)
SYNOPSIS
#include <stdlib.h>
void *
alloca(size_t size);
DESCRIPTION
The alloca() function allocates size bytes of space in the stack frame of the caller. This temporary space is automatically freed on return.
RETURN VALUES
The alloca() function returns a pointer to the beginning of the allocated space. If the allocation failed, a NULL pointer is returned.
SEE ALSO
brk(2), calloc(3), getpagesize(3), malloc(3), realloc(3)
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o The alloca() function is machine dependent; its use is discouraged.
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