A
Alex Shinn
Got quite a surprise today when I encountered an "Identifier too long"
error message. Nothing in the FAQ, but the BUGS section of "perldoc
perl" does include:
While none of the built-in data types have any arbitrary size limits
(apart from memory size), there are still a few arbitrary limits: a
given identifier may not be longer than 255 characters
Not that I'd write such a long identifier, but I've got auto-generated
code that reaches twice that length. Any ideas apart from applying
compression algorithms to the id names? Any plans on fixing this?
error message. Nothing in the FAQ, but the BUGS section of "perldoc
perl" does include:
While none of the built-in data types have any arbitrary size limits
(apart from memory size), there are still a few arbitrary limits: a
given identifier may not be longer than 255 characters
Not that I'd write such a long identifier, but I've got auto-generated
code that reaches twice that length. Any ideas apart from applying
compression algorithms to the id names? Any plans on fixing this?