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TypeBug Statusdismissed Date28-Jan-2009 12:56
Versionalpha 32 Categoryn/a Submitted bySunanda
PlatformAll Severitynot a bug Prioritylow

Summary Maximum word length
Description Maximum word length appears to be limited to 256 characters in R3.

R2 did not have this limit.
Example code
x: copy "" forever [append x "a" print length? x to-word x]

Assigned ton/a Fixed in- Last Update21-Jun-2009 00:11


Comments
(0000392)
BrianH
29-Jan-2009 21:53

Is this intentional? We have already made other intentional changes to words, like making them reject strings that would not be word syntax if they were specified directly in REBOL syntax, to make sure MOLD and LOAD work together better.
(0001003)
Carl
21-Jun-2009 00:11

256 is a reasonable limit.

Date User Field Action Change
21-Jun-2009 00:11 carl Comment : 0001003 Added -
21-Jun-2009 00:10 carl Severity Modified minor => not a bug
21-Jun-2009 00:10 carl Status Modified reviewed => dismissed
29-Jan-2009 21:54 BrianH Description Modified -
29-Jan-2009 21:54 BrianH Status Modified submitted => reviewed
29-Jan-2009 21:54 BrianH Priority Modified normal => low
29-Jan-2009 21:53 BrianH Comment : 0000392 Added -
28-Jan-2009 12:56 sunanda Ticket Added -