Re: bug#2790: emacs 22.1.1 cannot open 5GB file on 64GB 64-bit GNU/Linux box

[Ted Zlatanov]

On Sat, 28 Mar 2009 11:27:57 -0500 Mike Coleman <tutufan@gmail.com> wrote: 

MC> Nonetheless, I'd like it to handle much larger files.  Is there any
MC> real reason not to just turn every (32-bit) "int" into a (64-bit)
MC> "long" on 64-bit platforms?

There are many other issues, because almost every Emacs package treats
the buffer as a small file (scanning and saving are presumed to be
cheap).  I proposed a large file mode in emacs-devel recently, but any
code additions or changes will have to wait until the current pretest is
done.

Ted