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### Class segmented_stack

Boost.Context supports usage of a segmented_stack, e. g. the size of the stack grows on demand. The coroutine is created with a minimal stack size and will be increased as required. Class segmented_stack models the stack-allocator concept. In contrast to protected_fixedsize_stack and fixedsize_stack it creates a stack which grows on demand.

| Note
Segmented stacks are currently only supported by gcc from version 4.7 clang from version 3.4 onwards. In order to use a segmented_stack Boost.Context must be built with property `segmented-stacks`, e.g. toolset=gcc segmented-stacks=on and applying `BOOST_USE_SEGMENTED_STACKS` at b2/bjam command line.

| Note
Segmented stacks can only be used with callcc() (using ucontext_t)

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    #include <boost/context/segmented_stack.hpp>

    template< typename traitsT >
    struct basic_segmented_stack {
        typedef traitT  traits_type;

        basic_segmented_stack(std::size_t size = traits_type::default_size());

        stack_context allocate();

        void deallocate( stack_context &);
    }

    typedef basic_segmented_stack< stack_traits > segmented_stack;

##### `stack_context allocate()`

Preconditions:

  `traits_type::minimum:size() <= size` and `! traits_type::is_unbounded() && ( traits_type::maximum:size() >= size)`.

Effects:

  Allocates memory of at least `size` Bytes and stores a pointer to the stack and its actual size in `sctx`. Depending on the architecture (the stack grows downwards/upwards) the stored address is the highest/lowest address of the stack.

##### `void deallocate( stack_context & sctx)`

Preconditions:

  `sctx.sp` is valid, `traits_type::minimum:size() <= sctx.size` and `! traits_type::is_unbounded() && ( traits_type::maximum:size() >= sctx.size)`.

Effects:

  Deallocates the stack space.

| Note
If the library is compiled for segmented stacks, segmented_stack is the only available stack allocator.