Usually it means you are recursively calling a function (although not always), and it has pushed so many return addresses on the stack, that the stack buffer overflows. The stack is used by the processor to store addresses when it makes function calls, so that it can mark where to return to when the function call has completed.
<div><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div>Can you give an example of the patch that is causing this error?</div><div><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div>Mike</div><div><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">
On Dec 17, 2007 12:47 PM, David Schaffer <<a href="mailto:schafferdavid@hotmail.com">schafferdavid@hotmail.com</a>> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
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<div><font face="Arial" size="2">Can anyone explain me what a "stack overflow"
error is (at least what it means in Pd) and what I can do about
it?! Thank you</font></div>
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