On Wed, Sep 15, 2021 at 09:42:26PM +0200, Alejandro Colomar (man-pages) wrote:

On 9/14/21 2:41 PM, наб wrote:

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diff --git a/man3/alloca.3 b/man3/alloca.3
index 71348e609..20761b079 100644
--- a/man3/alloca.3
+++ b/man3/alloca.3
-There is no error indication if the stack frame cannot be extended.
-(However, after a failed allocation, the program is likely to receive a
+Due to the nature of the stack, it is impossible to check if the allocation
+would overflow the space available, and, hence, neither is indicating an error.

I'm not sure this use of neither (without a preceding "not") is valid
English.  Is it?

I don't see why not: "impossible" provides the first negation
(the "not" is lives in the "in-" prefix
 (well, "im-" because it's before a bilabial plosive),
 and "neither" is in its "likewise not" adverbial use).

наб