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4,096 length of item in hash table #235910 19/01/12 10:04 AM
Joined: Mar 2004 Posts: 342 New York, USA H HorseC OP Fjord artisan
OP HorseC Fjord artisan H Joined: Mar 2004 Posts: 342 New York, USA	while this may seem long enough for most, there is a situation where this is NOT long enough.. While i can create multiple items, I am wondering why that limitation is used. (yes, hash tables do take up memory, but that is NOT an issue). Thanks for any replies.

Re: 4,096 length of item in hash table HorseC #235916 19/01/12 02:07 PM
Joined: Jan 2004 Posts: 1,330 L Loki12583 Hoopy frood
Loki12583 Hoopy frood L Joined: Jan 2004 Posts: 1,330	I see no such limit practically or in any documentation. Code: alias a { bset &b 5000 1 hadd -mb table item &b echo -ag $hget(table,item,&c) echo -ag $bvar(&c,0) echo -ag - var %v = $+($str(0,4100),1) hadd -m table item2 %v echo -ag $hget(table,item2) hadd -m table %v 1 echo -ag $hget(table,%v) }

Re: 4,096 length of item in hash table HorseC #235924 20/01/12 12:28 AM
Joined: Oct 2003 Posts: 3,641 Montreal, QC, Canada A argv0 Hoopy frood
argv0 Hoopy frood A Joined: Oct 2003 Posts: 3,641 Montreal, QC, Canada	The limit is not in the hash tables themselves, it's in how long a /command (and arguments) line can be. The limit is ~4kb, which means hash tables are limited by association, not by design. This also means that the behaviour cannot change (not just for hash tables anyway), nor is it only an issue for hash tables. It affects all commands and is an inherent limitation in the language. Note that this limit only applies to the buffer length of a command. You can still store as much data as you want inside of a bvar, and then store that bvar in a hash table.

Re: 4,096 length of item in hash table Loki12583 #235925 20/01/12 12:29 AM
Joined: Oct 2003 Posts: 3,641 Montreal, QC, Canada A argv0 Hoopy frood
argv0 Hoopy frood A Joined: Oct 2003 Posts: 3,641 Montreal, QC, Canada	You didn't try hard enough: Code: var %v = $+($str(0,4200),1) ; you won't even get to this line hadd -m table item2 %v echo -ag $hget(table, item2)

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