Re: [Chicken-hackers] [PATCH] Raise error on construction of too large vectors/blobs

[Christian Kellermann]

* felix winkelmann <address@hidden> [120305 13:56]:
> From: Christian Kellermann <address@hidden>
> Subject: Re: [Chicken-hackers] [PATCH] Raise error on construction of too 
> large vectors/blobs
> Date: Mon, 5 Mar 2012 13:47:32 +0100
> 
> > * felix winkelmann <address@hidden> [120305 13:41]:
> >> Hi!
> >> 
> >> I wonder if it is a good idea to test vector limits by allocating a
> >> vector of #x100000000000000 elements.
> > 
> > The rationale behind this is:
> > 
> > It should not allocate anything but raise an error. If it does it
> > will exhaust memory and that is also an error, resulting in a panic.
> > 
> > Does that make sense? I just want to make sure that the error is caught...
> > Maybe there is a better way?
> 
> Ah, you check for an error. An oversight on my part. Well, you could try
> negative lengths and so on.

Ah but you made me look at the tests again and that caught a
copy'n'paste error. Narf, how many iterations do I need to get this
simple thing right...

Attached yet another version...

Sorry for the oversight.

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