[PD] big files with textfile

[marius schebella]

I tried something different, which also did not work: split the files in 
three parts, each around 100MB and load them to 3 separate textfiles.
when I try to load the second file, I get an error saying
pd: resizebytes() failed -- out of memory
if I try to load the 3rd file after that, my system freezes completely, 
and I have to reboot.
this will be used for an installation, running day and night, so I am 
using [clear( and will load the files at sime time during night. (it 
takes about ten seconds to load the file, so I guess I can do that 
around 1pm).
'if you are not cheating, you are not doing it right.' (I learned that 
from the last blender camp).
marius.

Mathieu Bouchard wrote:
> On Sat, 27 Oct 2007, marius schebella wrote:
> 
>> textfile can handle bigger files than msgfile, but there seems to be a 
>> limit, too. I tried to open a >250MB file, and Pd crashed. marius.
> 
> If you measure bytes using an int32, the limit is 2GB, but if you 
> measure it in bits, the limit is 256MB. [textfile] does read all the 
> file into a buffer as big as the file. I didn't find anything that 
> counts memory in bits, so perhaps it's just a coïncidence and the bug 
> was something else, but I did fix another 256MB limit bug recently by 
> adding parentheses in something like:
> 
>   num_entries * bits_per_entry / 8
> 
> When crossing the limit, the numbers become negative, and trying to 
> allocate a negative amount causes the allocator to either abort the 
> process or return NULL or corrupt memory...
> 
>  _ _ __ ___ _____ ________ _____________ _____________________ ...
> | Mathieu Bouchard - tél:+1.514.383.3801, Montréal QC Canada