Matthias B. wrote:

> This issue is not only about paragraphs in the document body text.
> Other issues have been dup'ed to this one as well (probably, because
> the same string class is being used).  One thing that has caused us
> trouble for instance is the restriction of notes and info fields to
> 64kChars  (Issue 68340).  Another  serious limitation which I assume
> is caused by the same limited string class is the restriction of
> StarBasic strings to 64kChars. This is a restriction that does not
> exist in VBA.

At least the Notes problem should be easier to fix as this will be
reimplemented anyway. Using the rtl::OUString here should be easier then
it is for the whole Writer code base.

> In these cases you can't just insert a paragraph break somewhere.
> These are hard limits that require considerable programming effort to
> work around. We've already spent quite a bit of time (and henceforth
> money) on working around the 64k limit in several places.
> 
> Yes, I'm sure it'll be painful, but the change is long overdue. A
> modern application that is supposed to be a framework for business
> applications not just a typewriter should not have 64K limitations
> wherever you step. No matter what some people may think, 64K is not
> enough for everyone :-)
> So you should bite the bullet and move your string class into the 21st 
> century.

I understand why 64K text is too small for a Basic module. I still don't
see why a paragraph in a text must be bigger. Perhaps you should show a
real life example and explain why this feature is so important. I still
don't understand it, sorry.

Ciao,
Mathias

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