How to detect possible / potential stack overflow problems in a c / c++ program?

Question

Is there a standard way to see how much stack space your app has and what the highest watermark for stack usage is during a run?

Also in the dreaded case of actual o

Answer 1

On Linux, the Gnu libsigsegv library includes the function stackoverflow_install_handler, which can detect (and in some cases help you recover from) stack overflow.