Call for votes: Drop 64-character part title limit


Re: Call for votes: Drop 64-character part title limit
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Given that none of the other fields in Header Specification have any length limit, nor does linetype 0 in the official spec, this limitation of the Part Tracker software was not obvious. Personally, I think
http://forums.ldraw.org/showthread.php?t...72#pid7972' Wrote: Tim has the best suggestion
if the Part Tracker isn't using dynamically-allocated strings: just set a large limit unlikely to be bumped into.

While plenty of code has been written in which dynamic string lengths would be a nightmare, I disagree that unlimited-length strings are impractical to implement in any software. True, stack-based char buffers in C were a pain, but everything I've used in years has abstracted strings' memory storage so length is constrained only by the amount of available RAM. Unlimited-length strings are widely available, and are usually built-in to your API or language of choice.

Allen
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Travis Cobbs: YES - by Travis Cobbs - 2013-01-16, 18:34
Roland Melkert: YES - by Roland Melkert - 2013-01-16, 19:40
Allen Smith: YES - by Allen Smith - 2013-01-16, 19:43
Orion: YES - by Orion Pobursky - 2013-01-16, 21:49
Re: Call for votes: Drop 64-character part title limit - by Allen Smith - 2013-01-29, 17:13

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