stack vs workspace for pcre and others #1576

[Poul-Henning Kamp]

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In message <5406264F.3090209 at schokola.de>, Nils Goroll writes:
>> I don't think you're considering all the implications.
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>let me pull this straight: No, I did not mean to say we should pull in pcre.

Pulling in PCRE to move things onto the heap doesn't solve the problem.

In fact it will probably increase our per-thread memory foot-print
more than increasing the stack will.

Move on, nothing to see here...

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