MSVC was complaining that the `tail` variable was potentially
uninitialized in the while branch. Since the while loop is actually
coupled to the if (head != NULL) that initializes the tail variable,
we move them together, which makes the warning disappear.

As MSVC doesn't implement C99, variable-length arrays
are not supported. We use _alloca instead.

Rationale: "Basic allocation" refers to things outside of parsing proper,
mostly initialization. If such allocations fail, the system is globally
emory-starved from which it will likely not recover by returning failure.
In this case, terminating the process is in fact the most robust strategy as
it may mean the difference between a permanent hang and a temporary crash.

Rationale: If memory allocation fails in the inner parse and we
longjump up the stack, the temporary arena will be missed and leak.

NB: This change means that any allocations done by the continuation
(in the form of new parsers, probably) will persist for the
lifetime of the parse result. Beware of wasting too much memory
this way! The bind continuation should generally keep dynamic
allocations to a minimum.