OpenEuphoria

Re: Size of files

• Posted by "Juergen Luethje" <j.lue at gmx.de> Oct 26, 2005
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Robert Craig wrote:

<snip>

> I should add that the manual uses "i" to indicate 31-bit Euphoria
> integers, but seek() and where() can handle a number bigger than
> an integer (1Gb). I just re-tested it on some huge files.
> I will update the docs to use "a", to show that
> a number greater than 1Gb can be used.

Thanks. I really like this way to document routines. When I see an "a",
I immediately know that I have to declare the concerning variable as
atom.

> Actually, the limit on all
> platforms is 2 Gb, due to restrictions in the standard C library routines.
> You'd think the limit would be 4Gb, but it's not.
> I intend to go well beyond 2Gb or 4Gb, sooner or later,

That would be nice.

> but it might not be possible for DOS.

Maybe in the next Eu release, you could mention the file size limit --
whatever it may be at that time -- in the documentation of open()?

Regards,
   Juergen