first implementation of long strings

1 files changed, 10 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/llimits.h b/llimits.h
index 7cf2048b..5466a6b6 100644
--- a/llimits.h
+++ b/llimits.h
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
-** $Id: llimits.h,v 1.94 2011/11/29 15:39:48 roberto Exp roberto $
+** $Id: llimits.h,v 1.95 2011/12/06 16:58:36 roberto Exp roberto $
 ** Limits, basic types, and some other `installation-dependent' definitions
 ** See Copyright Notice in lua.h
 */
@@ -125,6 +125,15 @@ typedef LUAI_UACNUMBER l_uacNumber;
 
 
 /*
+** maximum length for short strings, that is, strings that are
+** internalized. (Cannot be smaller than reserved words or tags
+** for metamethods; #"function" = 8, #"__newindex" = 10; should
+** not be larger than 255, to allow future changes)
+*/
+#define LUA_MAXSHORTLEN         (8 * sizeof(void*))
+
+
+/*
 ** type for virtual-machine instructions
 ** must be an unsigned with (at least) 4 bytes (see details in lopcodes.h)
 */