Q19785: Local Variable Allocation Is Limited to 32K

Article: Q19785
Product(s): See article
Version(s): 4.00 5.00 5.10 6.00 6.00a | 5.10 6.00 6.00a
Operating System(s): MS-DOS | OS/2
Keyword(s): ENDUSER | s_quickc stack | mspl13_c
Last Modified: 15-JAN-1991

The total amount of space that can be allocated for variables local to
a function is 32K. Trying to allocate more than this will result in
the following compiler error:

   fatal error C1126: automatic allocation exceeds 32K

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