Re: bug report - accessing large tables from C API

[KHMan <keinhong@...>]

On 10/24/2012 7:27 PM, Anthony S wrote:
> have a program that loads lua file containing multidimensional table
> and sequentially reads values from this table in a loop using C API
> functions.
> Everything is ok when this table is relatively small, but
> when number of entries becomes about several thousands, program crashes.
> [snip]
> On my machine bug is triggered on 2634 iteration of the loop:
> ...
>
> MANIFEST[2633][1] = texlive-module-HA-prosper.doc-2011.tar.xz
> MANIFEST[2633][2] = 205064
> MANIFEST[2633][3] = e3615a136c769fc708d1cffcebf0fc91
> lua_gettop() = 1
> MANIFEST[2634][1] = .texlive-module-aurical-2010.tar.xz.portage_lockfile
> MANIFEST[2634][2] = No permission to read
> lua_tolstring() returned NULL!
> type on stack top is nil

And your problem is exactly there.

The file has been locked. The script can't open it.
See the error message at MANIFEST[2634][2]?
Therefore,
MANIFEST[2634][2] = <nil>

Nothing wrong with Lua.

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Cheers,
Kein-Hong Man (esq.)
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia