Re: [xml] tree xmlNode.line

[Daniel Veillard <veillard redhat com>]

On Thu, Feb 11, 2010 at 10:45:36AM +0100, LAUN, Wolfgang wrote:
> Struct xmlNode contains a field
>
>    unsigned short line
>
> which I'm grateful for, since it provides info for composing decent
> error messages. However, its type being what it is, it won't be so good
> for XML files with more than 65535 lines. My estimates based on our own
> current data deliver a max. estimated size of 52000 lines, which is
> uncomfortably close. We would exceed the limit even right now if we
> wouldn't represent as much as possible as attributes.
>
>  
>
> I'm not asking for it right now - I just wonder whether this issue has
> come up before? Of course, I guess people could always build their own
> patched version J

  yes, and I rejected it on ABI issue, I can't change the structure
format at this point.
  As explained there are inside the parser line counters which are
stored as int, e.g. ctxt->input->line , so if the problem shows up
at parsing time then, you can use that value.

Daniel

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