So, if I've got this right, we're not really checking the "number of values for a key", but instead checking whether the size of the reduced JSON string representation is smaller than twice the size of the its input line of JSON.
LOL there's got to less wordy version of that I could put into the wiki. Hmm... On Thu, Aug 27, 2009 at 5:26 PM, Chris Anderson<[email protected]> wrote: > On Thu, Aug 27, 2009 at 12:13 PM, Paul Davis<[email protected]> > wrote: >> On Thu, Aug 27, 2009 at 3:08 PM, Adam Wolff<[email protected]> wrote: >>> How is reduce size computed? Is it strictly number of bytes? >>> Thanks, >>> A >> >> The basic algorithm is: >> >> lenght1 = JSON.stringify(input).length; >> length2 = JSON.stringify(output).length >> if(enforce_reduce_limit && length2 > 200 && (length2 * 2) > length1) >> throw(reduce_overflow_error); >> >> Check line 49-55 or so in ./share/server/view.js >> > > There are a million ways this could be made more subtle. Also, as > mentioned on another thread, it'd be nice to have the 200 byte > threshold configurable, instead of just a boolean case. > > Chris > > > -- > Chris Anderson > http://jchrisa.net > http://couch.io >
