Path: utzoo!attcan!ram
From: ram@attcan.UUCP (Richard Meesters)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.att
Subject: Re: cc / cpp problem on 3B2 600G ( 3.2.2 ) -- too many defines
Message-ID: <12157@attcan.UUCP>
Date: 7 Aug 90 14:21:22 GMT
References: <8953@arctic.nprdc.arpa>
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Organization: AT&T Canada Inc., Toronto
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In article <8953@arctic.nprdc.arpa>, apple@nprdc.navy.mil (Jim Apple) writes:
> 
> 	I have run into a problem with cpp on a 600G ( 3.2.2 )
> 	"too many defines".   I created some test files and it appears
> 	that there is a hard limit on the number of defines.  The size of
> 	both the name and value affect the number of defines that I can
> 	get.  Simple names and a value of 1 gives me around 1980 defines
> 	if I change the value to a string I'm down to 1200.



I also ran into this problem compiling, of all things, nethack sources.  There
is, however a fix, which should be available to you by calling the AT&T Support
Hotline (NSSC) at 1-800-245-2480.  The cause/symptom is as follows:

Symptom: too many defines

Cause: the number of #defines exceed the symbol table size:
        STATIC  struct symtab stab[ symsiz ];

The fix is a new cpp which contains an increased symsiz to handle a larger 
number of defines.

Unfortunately, unless you have source, you can't change it yourself.

Hope this helps,

Regards,

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