Paul Harrington wrote: > Jeffrey L. Taylor wrote: >> Am I correct in assuming that the max length of a string is 65,535 on a >> 32 bit >> platform? Anyway around this, other classes, 64 bit platform? >> >> TIA, >> Jeffrey > > What would make you assume this? Simplest demonstration: > > irb(main):004:0> s = "a"*70000;nil > => nil > irb(main):005:0> s.size > => 70000 > irb(main):006:0> > > Also, keep in mind Ruby has no separate representation for raw 8bit > data. Only Strings. How would it be able to store a 65KB+ file in > memory? > > The only limit to Ruby string is is available memory.
btw that irb session was irb(main):001:0> RUBY_VERSION => "1.9.1" irb(main):002:0> RUBY_PLATFORM => "i386-mingw32" -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en.
