Re: Wrc question

[eric pouech]

gerard patel wrote:
> I have looked at wrc code and there is a strange 100K limit on the size of
> mem allocation :
>
> assert(size > 0);
>      assert(size < 102400);
>      res = malloc(size);
>      if(res == NULL)
>      {
>
> Baffling code - hardcoded limit hidden in a C file :-/
>
> I removed the assert and wrc was able to handle a 1 megabyte bitmap.
>
> Anyone has an idea about the meaning of this limit ?

IIRC, this was used for some heuristics to protect wrc from bogus data
(like bad pointers, and invalid RC file)

A+

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