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From: Mats Weber <Mats.Weber@elca-matrix.ch>
Subject: Re: Reading a line of arbitrary length
Date: 1997/02/14
Date: 1997-02-14T00:00:00+00:00	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <330481C5.5096@elca-matrix.ch> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 33037A74.44AF@mds.lmco.com


> Probably first will be stack space, tasks tend to be limited in
> stack by about 100_000 bytes (I realize this can be adjusted).
> A problem will occur when the catenation result is stored temporarily
> on the stack because there won't be enough stack space to save it.

OK.

> Assuming this is fixed, the next problem will occur when heap space
> is exhausted, probably around 1_000_000 bytes.  This is because both
> Str1.all and Str2.all must exist for a short period together meaning
> that 2 megabytes of heap will be in use at one time.  Since tasks
> tend to have their own heap allocations, I'm predicting a
> Storage_Error exception will occur.

Wrong, the heap is generally global with respect to tasks, and it has to
be that way in this case because the type String_Access is a global
access type, potentially visible from any task.




  parent reply	other threads:[~1997-02-14  0:00 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 77+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
1997-02-12  0:00 Reading a line of arbitrary length Thomas Koenig
1997-02-12  0:00 ` David C. Hoos, Sr.
1997-02-13  0:00   ` Jeff Carter
1997-02-13  0:00     ` Ted Dennison
1997-02-13  0:00       ` Rex Reges
1997-02-15  0:00         ` Matthew Heaney
1997-02-13  0:00       ` Geert Bosch
1997-02-13  0:00       ` Larry Kilgallen
1997-02-19  0:00     ` Jean-Etienne Doucet
1997-02-21  0:00       ` Mats Weber
1997-02-22  0:00         ` Robert Dewar
1997-02-24  0:00   ` Robert Dewar
1997-02-12  0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1997-02-13  0:00 ` Rex Reges
     [not found]   ` <dewar.855848896@merv>
     [not found]     ` <33037A74.44AF@mds.lmco.com>
     [not found]       ` <dewar.855929857@merv>
1997-02-14  0:00         ` Gene Ouye
1997-02-15  0:00           ` Robert Dewar
1997-02-15  0:00             ` Brian Rogoff
1997-02-15  0:00               ` Robert Dewar
1997-02-16  0:00                 ` Brian Rogoff
1997-02-17  0:00                   ` Robert Dewar
1997-02-14  0:00         ` Rex Reges
1997-02-14  0:00       ` Mats Weber [this message]
1997-02-15  0:00         ` Robert Dewar
1997-02-17  0:00           ` Mats Weber
1997-02-17  0:00             ` Robert Dewar
     [not found]     ` <dsmith-1302971702290001@dsmith.clark.net>
1997-02-14  0:00       ` Mats Weber
     [not found]       ` <33047186.463F@mds.lmco.com>
1997-02-14  0:00         ` Robert Dewar
1997-02-16  0:00   ` Jon S Anthony
1997-02-18  0:00     ` Robert Dewar
1997-02-22  0:00   ` Jon S Anthony
1997-02-21  0:00     ` Brian Rogoff
1997-02-22  0:00       ` Robert Dewar
1997-02-22  0:00         ` Brian Rogoff
1997-02-23  0:00     ` Robert Dewar
1997-02-25  0:00   ` Jon S Anthony
1997-02-26  0:00     ` Robert Dewar
1997-02-27  0:00   ` Jon S Anthony
1997-03-02  0:00     ` Robert Dewar
1997-03-03  0:00       ` Fergus Henderson
1997-03-03  0:00         ` Larry Kilgallen
1997-03-04  0:00           ` Fergus Henderson
1997-03-05  0:00           ` Jon S Anthony
1997-03-03  0:00         ` Robert Dewar
1997-03-02  0:00     ` Robert Dewar
1997-03-03  0:00   ` Jon S Anthony
1997-03-03  0:00   ` Jon S Anthony
1997-03-03  0:00   ` Jon S Anthony
1997-03-03  0:00     ` Robert Dewar
1997-03-04  0:00       ` Thomas Koenig
1997-03-05  0:00         ` Larry Kilgallen
1997-03-06  0:00           ` Robert Dewar
1997-03-06  0:00         ` Robert Dewar
     [not found]     ` <dewar.857447653@m <JSA.97Mar4154951@alexandria>
1997-03-05  0:00       ` Robert A Duff
1997-03-05  0:00     ` Jon S Anthony
1997-03-06  0:00       ` Robert A Duff
1997-03-06  0:00         ` Robert Dewar
1997-03-03  0:00   ` Jon S Anthony
1997-03-03  0:00     ` Robert Dewar
1997-03-04  0:00   ` Jon S Anthony
1997-03-05  0:00     ` Larry Kilgallen
1997-03-06  0:00       ` Fergus Henderson
1997-03-06  0:00         ` Really more GC talk (was: Reading a line of arbitrary length) Larry Kilgallen
1997-03-11  0:00           ` Fergus Henderson
1997-03-11  0:00             ` Robert Dewar
1997-03-12  0:00               ` Fergus Henderson
1997-03-04  0:00   ` Reading a line of arbitrary length Jon S Anthony
1997-03-05  0:00   ` Jon S Anthony
1997-02-16  0:00 ` Matthew Heaney
1997-02-16  0:00   ` Robert Dewar
1997-02-16  0:00     ` Matthew Heaney
1997-02-17  0:00       ` Robert Dewar
1997-02-25  0:00 ` Jon S Anthony
1997-03-04  0:00 ` Fergus Henderson
1997-03-05  0:00   ` Richard A. O'Keefe
1997-03-06  0:00     ` Fergus Henderson
1997-03-06  0:00       ` Robert Dewar
1997-03-11  0:00         ` Fergus Henderson
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