[Caml-list] Buffer.add error

[Basile STARYNKEVITCH <basile@starynkevitch.net>]

>>>>> "Mikkel" == Mikkel Christiansen <mixxel@cs.auc.dk> writes:

    Mikkel> Hi I'm having trouble with the buffer library in ocaml
    Mikkel> (version 3.06 - debian). Program was compiled to native
    Mikkel> using ocamlopt.

    Mikkel> When generating a rather large string I get the following
    Mikkel> error:

    Mikkel>     Fatal error: exception Failure("Buffer.add: cannot
    Mikkel> grow buffer")

    Mikkel> Is there any way to avoid this (except writing directly to
    Mikkel> a file)?


I suggest looking into the sources. In ocaml/stdlib/buffer.ml you can
read (near line 43)

    if b.position + more <= Sys.max_string_length
    then new_len := Sys.max_string_length
    else failwith "Buffer.add: cannot grow buffer"

So basically, you are hitting the limits of maximal string size (which
is 2^24 = 16777216 on 32 bits plateform).

Hence you cannot avoid it, except by switching to a 64 bits plateform.

You might change your algorithms - perhaps by keeping in memory a
vector of buffers or lines or paragraphs (whatever these are in your
application).




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