[bug #29574] VM stack overflows aren't properly handled [1.9.10]

[Ludovic Courtès]

Update of bug #29574 (project guile):

                  Status:                    None => Fixed                  
             Open/Closed:                    Open => Closed                 

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Follow-up Comment #2:

Applied:
http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/guile.git/commit/?id=f1046e6b78f3044db6d9fd64cf272864366a1182
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Andy suggested looking at stack overflow/underflow handlers by Hieb et al.,
which could be an option in the longer term.  My understanding is that the
paper suggests creating a new stack segment upon stack overflow and linking it
to the previous stack.  

This policy may not always be desirable.  Raising a stack-overflow exception
as we currently do leaves it up to the application to decide which policy to
apply.  IOW, it separates mechanism from policy.

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