>>>>> "WP" == Walter C Pelissero <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
WP> Raymond Toy (RT/EUS) writes:
>> Thanks for the replacement. The only possible issue with the
>> replacement would be performance. BIT-BASH-COPY tries pretty hard
>> to do word copies. And BIT-BASH-COPY is intended to be able to
>> copy arbitrary bit strings. I don't know why it's limited to
>> (unsigned-byte 27) offsets. Perhaps to make sure the bit index
>> stays as a 32-bit int?
WP> This is what came to mind reading the error. What I didn't understand
WP> is why we get an error at all, being:
WP> 2^27 > 17M (way larger)
But the 17M is converted to a bit index and the bit index is greater
than 2^27.
As an experiment, I changed the constant max-bits in
code/bit-bash.lisp from 2^27 to most-positive-fixnum. The comment
there says it's the maximum number of bits that can be delt [sic] with
during a single call. I don't see why it can't really handle at least
most-positive-fixnum number of bits or even #xffffffff number of bits.
This compiles everything and your test function finishes fine.
I think I'll do a few more tests on this.
Ray
