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Re: Strings comparisons over 32K
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Re: Strings comparisons over 32K


  • Subject: Re: Strings comparisons over 32K
  • From: Paul Berkowitz <email@hidden>
  • Date: Fri, 18 Apr 2003 22:00:05 -0700

On 4/18/03 7:47 PM, "Philippe GRUCHET" <email@hidden> wrote:

> 10.2.5 / AppleScript.component 1.9.1
>
> When trying some string comparisons in memory, there's no error message
> when data > 32 Kb, but it doesn't work!
>
>
> => Only works if length < 32768
> => if length > 32767, only works by removing the conditional string
> comparison 'if "blah" is in theBuffer then'
>
>
> Do you confirm this persistent 32K limit (32767 characters/1024)?

This is very well known.

> If yes, what's the reason of this old limitation?

Because they haven't changed it. Let's see what happens in AppleScript 2.0.


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Paul Berkowitz
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