</li>
<li>
-<code>SP</code>: Stack pointer: top of stack.
+<code>SP</code>: Stack pointer: the highest address within the local stack frame.
</li>
</ul>
The <code>SP</code> pseudo-register is a virtual stack pointer
used to refer to frame-local variables and the arguments being
prepared for function calls.
-It points to the top of the local stack frame, so references should use negative offsets
+It points to the highest address within the local stack frame, so references should use negative offsets
in the range [−framesize, 0):
<code>x-8(SP)</code>, <code>y-4(SP)</code>, and so on.
</p>
(For <code>TEXT</code> items.)
Don't insert the preamble to check if the stack must be split.
The frame for the routine, plus anything it calls, must fit in the
-spare space at the top of the stack segment.
+spare space remaining in the current stack segment.
Used to protect routines such as the stack splitting code itself.
</li>
<li>
<code>TOPFRAME</code> = 2048
<br>
(For <code>TEXT</code> items.)
-Function is the top of the call stack. Traceback should stop at this function.
+Function is the outermost frame of the call stack. Traceback should stop at this function.
</li>
</ul>
// Function can call reflect.Type.Method or reflect.Type.MethodByName.
REFLECTMETHOD = 1024
- // Function is the top of the call stack. Call stack unwinders should stop
- // at this function.
+ // Function is the outermost frame of the call stack. Call stack unwinders
+ // should stop at this function.
TOPFRAME = 2048
// Function is an ABI wrapper.
#define NOFRAME 512
// Function can call reflect.Type.Method or reflect.Type.MethodByName.
#define REFLECTMETHOD 1024
-// Function is the top of the call stack. Call stack unwinders should stop
-// at this function.
+// Function is the outermost frame of the call stack. Call stack unwinders
+// should stop at this function.
#define TOPFRAME 2048
// Function is an ABI wrapper.
#define ABIWRAPPER 4096