10 bytes for an integer ? Why so large ? Charlie
Anton Rolls wrote: > Ok, just multiply that number by 10, and you have an estimate > of the number of bytes consumed by the result. :) > Each integer, as a rebol value, consumes around 10 bytes, if > I remember correctly. So it is a fair whack of memory. > > Anton. > > >> I'm writing a set of unit tests for the compact-decompact functions for >> the Rebol Library. I try to include "boundary" conditions in the tests. >> One of the tests is: decompact [1x2147483646]. When I try this with >> Romano's decompact Rebol goes into a tight loop that i cannot break out >> of with escape and have to resort to ctrl-c. This happens both under >> Core 2.6.2 and Core 2.5.6 >> >> Is this a bug in Rebol? >> >> Peter >> > > -- To unsubscribe from the list, just send an email to lists at rebol.com with unsubscribe as the subject.
