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>> Currently, the largest integer is 128MB.  This can be easily bumped up
>> to 256MB (I'm using such a hack on my local Emacs).

> Eh?  The largest integer _is_ already (256 MB -1) in Emacs 22:

Yes, sorry.  I mixed it up: the current limit is indeed 256MB, while my
local hack bumps it up to 512MB.  And XEmacs can go up to 1GB.


        Stefan