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Re: Mach-O and a 16Mb limit
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Re: Mach-O and a 16Mb limit


  • Subject: Re: Mach-O and a 16Mb limit
  • From: Alexey Proskuryakov <email@hidden>
  • Date: Tue, 14 Jun 2005 11:30:59 +0400

On 14.06.2005 00:58, "Lyndsey Ferguson" <email@hidden> wrote:

> But then I saw a post to the Carbon-Dev list that the 16Mb was actually a
> limit on the size of a code section.  As I have not been able to find
> significant information on this limit, I am confused; Can anyone give me a
> definite answer on whether it is the size of the executable, or the code
> section?

  Why is the Carbon-dev posting you have mentioned (likely,
<http://lists.apple.com/archives/Carbon-dev/2005/Jun/msg00640.html>) not
definitive?

| (Note to anyone who isn't too familiar with the Mach-O file format: This
| is about the limit of a "section" in the file, not the actual size of
| your executable.  The executable can be very, very large.)

- WBR, Alexey Proskuryakov


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