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I am reading a gcc -S sample1.c output of a file. There is a mention about frame pointer. What exactly is a frame pointer what does it do and how diff is it from stack pointer. I read that...
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Honored Contributor --- Quote Start --- originally posted by santosh_pisa@Nov 23 2005, 07:28 AM there is a mention about frame pointer. what exactly is a frame pointer what does it do and how diff is it from stack pointer. i read that it is same as stack pointer most of the time.
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--- Quote End --- The frame pointer is a register used to access automatic variables of the current function in the stack frame (it is the same as EBP on a i386). It is also used by debuggers to try to understand the current function call nesting. bye Paolo
