RE: [Madeleine-devel] Zmarshal suggestion

[Stephen S. <ste...@ma...>]

Hi,

> Ok, we'll do that. Feels like we're always working around=20
> other people's
> bugs. ;)

Yes, so far a problem in REXML, a bug and a problem in YAML, a bug in =
Zlib,
one in SOAP that I haven't even investigated yet, and a possible problem =
in
Marshal.  But then it's nice to stretch Ruby and it's libraries =
sometimes!

> I will be GC'd soon,

Steady on there, you're not ready for the scrap heap yet old friend! :)

> but during the read it will need a lot more memory.
> If you have a system size that's really pushing the envelope,=20
> this will
> be the point of failure. But as far as we know our users aren't even
> near that and we can always revert to direct stream reading later if
> needed.

Well, we hope the OS our users have has a decent sized VM space.  And =
yes,
we can revert later as needed.

> With the small and simple object I tried it with I couldn't=20
> even get it
> to read in any more than one single read. Odd indeed.
> Please tell me if you happen find out how you can trigger=20
> this, so that
> I can add a specific unit test for the workaround.

Yes, my 1.2Mb file is not a good test case (but see=20
http://blade.nagaokaut.ac.jp/cgi-bin/scat.rb/ruby/ruby-talk/108234 for a =
bit
more info)

I'll let you know if I get anywhere with it.

> Could you add a line to the NEWS file about that small=20
> automatic fix you
> did recently? Then I'll make a 0.7.1 release.

Will do.

Stephen