From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 10056 invoked from network); 19 Oct 2006 15:27:44 -0000 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.1.7 (2006-10-05) on f.primenet.com.au X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.5 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00, FORGED_RCVD_HELO autolearn=ham version=3.1.7 Received: from news.dotsrc.org (HELO a.mx.sunsite.dk) (130.225.247.88) by ns1.primenet.com.au with SMTP; 19 Oct 2006 15:27:44 -0000 Received-SPF: none (ns1.primenet.com.au: domain at sunsite.dk does not designate permitted sender hosts) Received: (qmail 55241 invoked from network); 19 Oct 2006 15:27:38 -0000 Received: from sunsite.dk (130.225.247.90) by a.mx.sunsite.dk with SMTP; 19 Oct 2006 15:27:38 -0000 Received: (qmail 26559 invoked by alias); 19 Oct 2006 15:20:49 -0000 Mailing-List: contact zsh-users-help@sunsite.dk; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk X-No-Archive: yes X-Seq: 10891 Received: (qmail 26549 invoked from network); 19 Oct 2006 15:20:49 -0000 Received: from news.dotsrc.org (HELO a.mx.sunsite.dk) (130.225.247.88) by sunsite.dk with SMTP; 19 Oct 2006 15:20:49 -0000 Received: (qmail 43150 invoked from network); 19 Oct 2006 15:20:49 -0000 Received: from mailhost.u-strasbg.fr (130.79.200.158) by a.mx.sunsite.dk with SMTP; 19 Oct 2006 15:20:44 -0000 Received: from [130.79.188.217] (sys-univ-x.u-strasbg.fr [130.79.188.217]) by mailhost.u-strasbg.fr (8.13.8/jtpda-5.5pre1) with ESMTP id k9JFKgo5051890 for ; Thu, 19 Oct 2006 17:20:42 +0200 (CEST) Message-ID: <453797C6.3050107@ulpmm.u-strasbg.fr> Date: Thu, 19 Oct 2006 17:20:38 +0200 From: Marc Chantreux User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.7 (Windows/20060909) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: zsh-users Subject: Re: 24948: max size of an array ? References: <453726F7.8030504@ulpmm.u-strasbg.fr> <20061019103553.GA11790@parhelion.globnix.org> In-Reply-To: <20061019103553.GA11790@parhelion.globnix.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Greylist: Sender IP whitelisted, not delayed by milter-greylist-2.0.2 (mailhost.u-strasbg.fr [130.79.200.158]); Thu, 19 Oct 2006 17:20:42 +0200 (CEST) X-Virus-Scanned: ClamAV 0.88.5/2050/Thu Oct 19 09:58:33 2006 on mr8.u-strasbg.fr X-Virus-Status: Clean Phil Pennock wrote: > Are you sure ... on your OS? sure : users=($( my cmd )) echo $#users 24948 # 67123 users in fact i've splitted the result in two arrays (alphabeticaly) and ly script works fine now. > Is this the limit you're hitting? i fill an array with the stdout of a command. So the limit can't be out of zsh imho. Peter's explaination sounds good for me. I'll inspect that asap. regards mc