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Definition of Stack Frames


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It is important to have a basic knowledge of assembly. Please see AssemblyDef, specifically the section on the stack.

Definition of Stack Frames

A stack frame is generally observed as a high level concept and allows easy access to arguments and local variables in a function, as well offering a structure with which to provide exception handling and much more. It all depends on the architecture and compiler. For instance, the JVM (Java Virtual Machine) architecture is a stack based architecture in which there are no registers as such, instead space inside a method's stack frame is used.

The following will show a basic stack frame and how to manipulate data within it:

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