LUAI_MAXCCALLS renamed LUAI_MAXCSTACK

The limit LUAI_MAXCCALLS was renamed LUAI_MAXCSTACK, which better
represents its meaning. Moreover, its definition was moved to
'luaconf.h', given its importance now that Lua does not use
a "stackless" implementation.

1 files changed, 15 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/luaconf.h b/luaconf.h
index 0fc161a4..5c714d4e 100644
--- a/luaconf.h
+++ b/luaconf.h
@@ -28,6 +28,21 @@
 */
 
 /*
+@@ LUAI_MAXCSTACK defines the maximum depth for nested calls and
+** also limits the maximum depth of other recursive algorithms in
+** the implementation, such as syntactic analysis. A value too
+** large may allow the interpreter to crash (C-stack overflow).
+** The default value seems ok for regular machines, but may be
+** too high for restricted hardware.
+** The test file 'cstack.lua' may help finding a good limit.
+** (It will crash with a limit too high.)
+*/
+#if !defined(LUAI_MAXCSTACK)
+#define LUAI_MAXCSTACK          2200
+#endif
+
+
+/*
 @@ LUA_32BITS enables Lua with 32-bit integers and 32-bit floats. You
 ** can also define LUA_32BITS in the make file, but changing here you
 ** ensure that all software connected to Lua will be compiled with the