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
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