Date:	Tue, 5 May 1998 11:30:38 +0300 (IDT)
From:	Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
To:	Michael Bosley <random AT visi DOT net>
cc:	djgpp AT delorie DOT com
Subject:	Re: Limit to source file size?
In-Reply-To:	<354e5a2c.39857545@news>
Message-ID:	<Pine.SUN.3.91.980505113020.27724M-100000@is>
MIME-Version:	1.0

On Tue, 5 May 1998, Michael Bosley wrote:

> I was wondering if there is a maximum source size that djgpp can
> handle.  I have a source (generated by something) that is 14,200 lines
> and gpp crashes on it.  Any ideas why this happens, what the largest
> source is, and how it could be fixed?

Compiling large programs, especially C++ programs, sometimes causes
stack overflow in the compiler.  The DJGPP FAQ (v2/faq210b.zip from
the same place you get DJGPP) explains in section 6.4 how to enlarge
the compiler's stack.

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