]> >>>>> "Mikkel" == Mikkel Christiansen <mixxel@cs.auc.dk> writes: Mikkel> Hi I'm having trouble with the buffer library in ocaml Mikkel> (version 3.06 - debian). Program was compiled to native Mikkel> using ocamlopt. Mikkel> When generating a rather large string I get the following Mikkel> error: Mikkel> Fatal error: exception Failure("Buffer.add: cannot Mikkel> grow buffer") Mikkel> Is there any way to avoid this (except writing directly to Mikkel> a file)? I suggest looking into the sources. In ocaml/stdlib/buffer.ml you can read (near line 43) if b.position + more <= Sys.max_string_length then new_len := Sys.max_string_length else failwith "Buffer.add: cannot grow buffer" So basically, you are hitting the limits of maximal string size (which is 2^24 = 16777216 on 32 bits plateform). Hence you cannot avoid it, except by switching to a 64 bits plateform. You might change your algorithms - perhaps by keeping in memory a vector of buffers or lines or paragraphs (whatever these are in your application). -- Basile STARYNKEVITCH http://starynkevitch.net/Basile/ email: basile<at>starynkevitch<dot>net alias: basile<at>tunes<dot>org 8, rue de la Faïencerie, 92340 Bourg La Reine, France ------------------- To unsubscribe, mail caml-list-request@inria.fr Archives: http://caml.inria.fr Bug reports: http://caml.inria.fr/bin/caml-bugs FAQ: http://caml.inria.fr/FAQ/ Beginner's list: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ocaml_beginners