Stack vs Heap allocations #8
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greater than or equal to 2^20 on either, then allocate memory on the heap and free it after use. Otherwise, we can use the stack for allocation. If we use stack for allocation with an insanely large field, we can smash the stack. This way we won't.
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Adds a check for size of the datums to be compared. If the lengths are greater than or equal to 2^20 on either, then allocate memory on the heap and free it after use.
Otherwise, we can use the stack for allocation. If we use stack for allocation with an insanely large field, we can smash the stack. This way we won't.