[Glass] inst var name lenght in 3.5.0?

[Richard Sargent]

Richard Sargent wrote
> Paul DeBruicker wrote
>> Hi -
>> 
>> I am having trouble making an inst var longer than 64 characters in GS
>> 3.5.0.  IS there a setting I need to change? I see in the programming
>> guide it should be possible to make them 1024 characters.
> 
> Thanks for reporting this, Paul. Verified in both 3.5.0 and the newly
> released 3.5.1. Did previous versions work for you?
> I've filed bug #48481 for it.

The limit of 64 characters has been in the server code since the 32-bit
product. (!)
Symbols are allowed to be as large as 1024 characters, so this is probably
why the documentation says variable names can be that long.

The 64 character limitation does seem unnecessary.


> How much of a problem does this create for you?
> 
> 
>> The 65 character inst var name:
>> abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ1234567890123
>> 
>> doesn't work but the 64 character version:
>> 
>> abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ123456789012
>> 
>> does. 
>> 
>> 
>> Thanks
>> 
>> Paul
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