• Open Menu Close Menu
  • Apple
  • Shopping Bag
  • Apple
  • Mac
  • iPad
  • iPhone
  • Watch
  • TV
  • Music
  • Support
  • Search apple.com
  • Shopping Bag

Lists

Open Menu Close Menu
  • Terms and Conditions
  • Lists hosted on this site
  • Email the Postmaster
  • Tips for posting to public mailing lists
Re: Entire content (Re: Maintaining large website / finding many files)
[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index]

Re: Entire content (Re: Maintaining large website / finding many files)


  • Subject: Re: Entire content (Re: Maintaining large website / finding many files)
  • From: Chris Nebel <email@hidden>
  • Date: Mon, 13 Nov 2000 12:08:49 -0800
  • Organization: Apple Computer, Inc.

JollyRoger wrote:

> I would think the limitation on the number of items in Applescript lists
> would be the data type that they use to hold the item count. Chris Nebel
> (or another programmer on the list) will know for sure what data type is
> used. I don't have time to look it up. I would suspect it is at *least* a
> long. A long would put the theoretical limit at 4,294,967,295 items.

It's a long, which means you're guaranteed to run out of memory before you hit
the limit.

--Chris


References: 
 >Re: Entire content (Re: Maintaining large website / finding many files) (From: JollyRoger <email@hidden>)

  • Prev by Date: Re: BIG Numbers
  • Next by Date: Can a script receive AppleEvents?
  • Previous by thread: Re: Entire content (Re: Maintaining large website / finding many files)
  • Next by thread: Re: Entire content (Re: Maintaining large website / finding many files)
  • Index(es):
    • Date
    • Thread