From: Shawn Hargreaves <Shawn AT talula DOT demon DOT co DOT uk>
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Subject: Re: Maximums?
Date: Sun, 31 May 1998 09:53:07 +0100
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(noname) writes:
>Hi. I was wondering:
>a)What is the largest number of object files the linker will accept (or
>does this depend on RAM, HD space etc.)?

There may be some fixed limit, but if so I suspect this is so high that
you will never encounter it. Running out of virtual memory (ie. HD
space) is likely to happen first. The djgpp libc.a contains no less than
665 objects, so it can certainly go at least that high.

>b)How many objects can I cram into an Allegro datafile?

Limited only by the amount of virtual memory.

>c)What's the biggest source file that gcc will compile?

Again, virtual memory is the main limiting factor. I've found that you
can make huge source files without any problems (although this is
obviously a bad idea from a stylistic point of view :-) but that very
large functions or huge initialised arrays can eat up ridiculous amounts
of space when compiling.


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