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9752: CDL line length limit

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  • Subject: 9752: CDL line length limit
  • Date: Fri, 02 May 1997 11:32:12 -0600
>From: address@hidden (Carrie Gonzalez)
>Organization: ?
>Keywords: 199705021650.KAA01621 netCDF CDL line length

Carrie,

>I have a question regarding CDL files.  Since they are ASCII and are terminated
>by semicolons, is there any size limit for each line?

The quick thinking on this topic here is that since ncgen is built using
lex and yacc, and since lex may have a line length limitation on some
systems, that yes, there _may_ be a size limit for an individual line
depending on what operating system you are using.

>Thanks, Carrie Gonzalez

Tom Yoksas