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auto merge of #10587 : thestinger/rust/stack, r=pcwalton

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let fptr: extern "C" fn() -> ~[int] = new_vec;
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Extern functions may be called from Rust code, but
caution must be taken with respect to the size of the stack
segment, just as when calling an extern function normally.
Extern functions may be called directly from Rust code as Rust uses large,
contiguous stack segments like C.
### Type definitions
@ -3597,9 +3596,9 @@ and releases them back to its environment when they are no longer needed.
The default implementation of the service-provider interface
consists of the C runtime functions `malloc` and `free`.
The runtime memory-management system, in turn, supplies Rust tasks
with facilities for allocating, extending and releasing stacks,
as well as allocating and freeing heap data.
The runtime memory-management system, in turn, supplies Rust tasks with
facilities for allocating releasing stacks, as well as allocating and freeing
heap data.
### Built in types
@ -3762,7 +3761,6 @@ have come and gone during the course of Rust's development:
Additional specific influences can be seen from the following languages:
* The stack-growth implementation of Go.
* The structural algebraic types and compilation manager of SML.
* The attribute and assembly systems of C#.
* The references and deterministic destructor system of C++.