Question

In C or C++, how do I increase the size of the stack? What determines the size of the stack anyway?

Answer 1

What do you mean? "Call stack" or a "stack" as a data structure in a program?

Answer 2

The call stack

Answer 3

I never increase my call stack.
Why do you need to increase your call stack anyway?

Try to write program in "Iterative" manner instead of "recursive"

But if you insist, http://lmgtfy.com/?q=c%2B%2B+call+stack+increase

Answer 4

The OS should determine the stack size. There may be some kernel calls to request larger stack size to be allocated. Check the specific operating system function calls.

Answer 5

In gcc, you can increase the stack size the executable requests with the --stack=[bytes] parameter. Alternatively, in *nix OSs you can use setrlimit in your code or use ulimit -s to set the stack size in the environment.