Re: is it possible to set a minimum size for the stack of a lua_State?

[Rici Lake <lua@...>]

On 13-Jan-07, at 5:39 PM, Graham Wakefield wrote:

> Duh sorry - I see that lua_checkstack() returns false on error, not an 
> error code.
>
> Still - can I be sure that gc() won't shrink the stack back down again?
Yes, at least until you return from the stack frame in which you call 
lua_checkstack.

If I recall correctly, Lua is pretty conservative about shrinking the 
stack. Have you actually experienced problems with multiple 
reallocations?