"constant table overflow"

[Miles Bader <miles@...>]

Are there good workarounds for this?

I mean, if I have a file like:

   local function T(x,y,z)
      foooo (x,y,z)
   end

   T(1,2,3)
   T(11,12,13)
   T(21,22,23)
   ...
   T(999981,999982,999983)
   T(999991,999992,999993)

Lua can't load it, because there are too many constants...

Similarly, it can't load a file like

   list = {
     {1, 2, 3},
     {11, 12, 13},
     {21, 22, 23},
     ...
     {999991, 999992, 999993}
   }

   process (list)

for the same reason.

Isn't this sort of thing supposed to be Lua's forte...?

[I guess I can do it by putting the contents in an _enormous_ string,
which I then parse, but geez... One really shouldn't have to do that
kind of thing!]

Thanks,

-Miles

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