A function's static and dynamic parent
- by legends2k
I'm reading Thinking in C++ (vol. 2):
Whenever a function is called,
information about that function is
pushed onto the runtime stack in an
activation record instance (ARI), also
called a stack frame. A typical stack
frame contains (1) the address of the
calling function (so execution can
return to it), (2) a pointer to the ARI of
the function’s static parent (the
scope that lexically contains the
called function, so variables global
to the function can be accessed), and
(3) a pointer to the function that called
it (its dynamic parent). The path that
logically results from repetitively
following the dynamic parent links is
the dynamic chain, or call chain
I'm unable to comprehend what the author means as function's static and dynamic parent. Also am not able to differentiate between item 1, 2 or 3. They all seem to be the same. Can someone please explain this passage to me?