The interpreter generates the whole display, then checks the user specified bounds to put in the ..., in so doing possibly discarding a whole lot of stuff.
----- Original Message ----- From: Randy MacDonald <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Friday, October 3, 2008 15:37 Subject: Re: [Jgeneral] Limit error To: General forum <[email protected]> > Hello Roger; > > Why would that be? The ellipsis kicks in much quicker than > that, at > around 256 characters, so any value beyond that limit need not > be generated. > > Roger Hui wrote: > > The difference is that Joey's expression did not > > try to generate the display of 1e8#52 but Paul's > > expression did, and it's in the generation of > > that display that the limit error was signaled. > > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: Joey K Tuttle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Date: Saturday, September 27, 2008 8:22 > > Subject: Re: [Jgeneral] Limit error > > To: General forum <[email protected]> > > > > > >> Works OK on my Mac... > >> > >> $100000000 # 52 > >> 100000000 > >> > >> version '' > >> Installer: j602a_mac_powerpc.dmg > >> Engine: j602/2008-03-03/16:45 > >> Library: 6.02.023ProductName: Mac OS X > >> ProductVersion: 10.5.5 > >> > >> > >> At 15:52 +0100 2008/09/27, Paul Moore wrote: > >> > >>> In J32 on Windows, 100000000 # 52 gives a limit error. What > >>> > >> does this > >> > >>> mean? I can't see anything stating that there is a limit in > >>> > >> array size > >> > >>> (other than available memory) in the documentation. > >>> > >>> Is it possible for me to create a hundred-million entry > array? (Such > >>> an array of integers would be 400M in size, I have 2G so > memory > >>> > >> should>not be an issue). c ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
