According to google,

2^32 bytes = 4GB,

I think that is more memory than a 32 bit machine can handle anyway?

Maybe alloc_limit should be 32 bits on a 32 bit machine, and 64 bit on a 64
bit machine?


On 4 May 2014 16:06, Johan Tibell <johan.tib...@gmail.com> wrote:

> On Sun, May 4, 2014 at 5:45 PM, Sergei Trofimovich <sly...@gmail.com>wrote:
>>
>> Does it make sense to have 64-bit alloc_limit on 32-bit box?
>>
>
> I think so. You allocate 2^32 bytes pretty quickly.
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