Wrc question

[gerard patel]

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 ?

Gerard

[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+