On quinta-feira, 7 de julho de 2016 22:50:28 PDT Dave Thaler wrote:
> As a second data point to show it?s not just Windows,
> http://www.unix.com/shell-programming-and-scripting/151450-max-number-enviro
> nment-variables-csh.html is an example of an issue on another platform.  The
> point is that we don?t want to assume that every platform (of which there
> are many) supports super-long command lines.

That is true: Unix systems also have a limitation. The difference is that 
they're often much higher than Windows (128k on Linux vs 8k on Windows), so 
you're less likely to hit it.

And since Windows's limit is lower, cross-platform software hits it first on 
Windows and "blames" Windows for it. Once they implement the solution, they 
won't see the issue anymore and thus will never hit it on Unix when the macro 
list grows.

As a benefit, you get (more or less) readable output from make.

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Thiago Macieira - thiago.macieira (AT) intel.com
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