Stefan Manegold wrote: > On Wed, Jul 30, 2008 at 08:02:16AM +0000, Martin Kersten wrote: > >> Update of /cvsroot/monetdb/MonetDB5/src/modules/atoms >> In directory sc8-pr-cvs16.sourceforge.net:/tmp/cvs-serv22933/atoms >> >> Modified Files: >> blob.mx str.mx xml.mx >> Log Message: >> Silenceing the compiler on windows. >> Strings and BATcount are always less then 4GB >> > > Even if so, int (signed) allows only 2^31 - 1, i.e., "2GB". > sure > Moreover, in the 64-bit case (in particular with 64-bit OIDs), neither the > length of strings nor the tuple (BUN) count of BATs is formally restricted > to 2^31 - 1 (or 2^32 - 1) --- in fact, breaking through this limit is one of > the reasons for / features of the 64-bit port of MonetDB --- how efficiently > such larger strings and BATs are handled is a different question ... > and that would be my target > That's why I used to guard all down-cast that I added with an assertion to > detect overflows ... > > The places of the asserts should be limited to the periphery and where larger structures are created.
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