OpenEuphoria

Re: Rob: Suggestions for Euphoria 2.6

• Posted by CoJaBo <CoJaBo_EUforum_Address at CJBN.net> Nov 23, 2004
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Pete Lomax wrote:
> 
> On Tue, 23 Nov 2004 11:55:57 +1100, Patrick Barnes <mrtrick at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> 
> >
> >On Mon, 22 Nov 2004 16:50:30 -0800, Robert Craig
> ><guest at rapideuphoria.com> wrote:
> >> Now that the front end is in Euphoria, I could get rid of
> >> the limit quite easily, but there might be some value
> >> in reporting recursive mistakes like:
> >> 
> >> file foo.e:
> >> 
> >>            include foo.e
> >
> >Uh, I thought that a file, once included, was never included again?
> >i.e. if A includes B and C, and B includes C, then there is still only
> >a single instance of C internally.
> 
> I was thinking the same. However there isn't really a better example.
> FWIW, I agree with rob this limit should be kept, until someone does
> actually create a program which breaks it.
> 
> Think about it: 30 *nested* includes?? That's pretty major, it won't
CJBN (which is huge) only has about 7, not even the previous limit.
50 will probably never be needed.

> happen until you have several hundred programmers working on a
> multi-million pound project, if ever.
> 
> Regards,
> Pete
> 
>