Re: Maximum size of an NSMutableData object?
Re: Maximum size of an NSMutableData object?
- Subject: Re: Maximum size of an NSMutableData object?
- From: Phill Kelley <email@hidden>
- Date: Wed, 4 Dec 2002 15:46:47 +1100
At 23:25 -0500 03/12/2002, Bill Bumgarner wrote:
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> I have a question as to whether there is any relationship between the
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> amount of physical RAM installed in a machine and the maximum size of
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> an NSMutableData object that can be allocated.
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>
No relationship; the virtual memory subsystem will ensure that the
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appropriate hunks of memory are paged out to disk as your app consumes
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[not demands] more memory.
[snip]
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Looks like a limitation in NSData that CFData does not suffer from.
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Given that NSData and CFData are interchangeable via the no cost
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bridge...
In short: it's an NSData problem that I can work around if need be, and the
apparent 2x correlation between my physical RAM size and NSData's observed
limit was merely a coincidence.
As always, your reply was both extremely informative and a joy to read!
Thanks Bill!!
PK
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