From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Peter Dyballa Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: maximum buffer size exceeded Date: Tue, 4 Sep 2007 16:48:46 +0200 Message-ID: References: <87ejhgdux0.fsf@lion.rapttech.com.au> <87veaqr5l2.fsf@kobe.laptop> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v752.2) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=WINDOWS-1252; delsp=yes; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1188917381 1867 80.91.229.12 (4 Sep 2007 14:49:41 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 4 Sep 2007 14:49:41 +0000 (UTC) Cc: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org To: Giorgos Keramidas Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue Sep 04 16:49:40 2007 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1ISZif-0001ku-RR for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 04 Sep 2007 16:49:34 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1ISZie-0000OR-Ex for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 04 Sep 2007 10:49:32 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1ISZi0-000087-Ew for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 04 Sep 2007 10:48:52 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1ISZhy-00007S-OM for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 04 Sep 2007 10:48:51 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1ISZhy-00007M-IE for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 04 Sep 2007 10:48:50 -0400 Original-Received: from fmmailgate01.web.de ([217.72.192.221]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1ISZhy-0005Bp-3Y for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 04 Sep 2007 10:48:50 -0400 Original-Received: from smtp05.web.de (fmsmtp05.dlan.cinetic.de [172.20.4.166]) by fmmailgate01.web.de (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4477C9B3AD0A; Tue, 4 Sep 2007 16:48:49 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from [89.58.72.152] (helo=[192.168.1.2]) by smtp05.web.de with asmtp (TLSv1:AES128-SHA:128) (WEB.DE 4.108 #197) id 1ISZhx-0000Jr-00; Tue, 04 Sep 2007 16:48:49 +0200 In-Reply-To: <87veaqr5l2.fsf@kobe.laptop> X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.752.2) X-Sender: Peter_Dyballa@web.de X-Provags-ID: V01U2FsdGVkX1/naGkLdCB9k7QbE/qpHQzeFqMgeI4ynT4Hq114 tdIXeXgM4UJdGijCl24H6ItrbLyR5UuP993eEctbu86ZsTsn5I fT+kLezr8VFZ2lrlUPKg== X-Detected-Kernel: Linux 2.4-2.6 X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:47200 Archived-At: Am 04.09.2007 um 14:13 schrieb Giorgos Keramidas: > Are there plans to make the buffer size use one of the types with "at > least X bits", like uint32_t or uint64_t? Do you think there is a =20 > good > reason *not* to do this (i.e. an absurd performance penalty on some of > the supported platforms)? Because of performance issues exactly these aligned data types are =20 used =96 and a small part, those mentioned three bits, is reserved for =20= Lisp, to record the Lisp type of the variable. -- Greetings Pete The most exciting phrase to hear in science, the one that heralds new =20= discoveries, is not "Eureka!" (I found it!) but "That's funny..." Isaac Asimov