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Bug 2222 – spec does not specify when md5 symbol compression is used

Status: RESOLVED
Resolution: WONTFIX
Severity: normal
Priority: P2
Component: dmd
Product: D
Version: D1 (retired)
Platform: x86
OS: Linux
Creation time: 2008-07-12T20:27:00Z
Last change time: 2014-03-01T00:36:09Z
Keywords: spec
Assigned to: bugzilla
Creator: tomas

Comments

Comment #0 by tomas — 2008-07-12T20:27:52Z

would be nice if the spec could state the maximum length of a symbol name before md5 compression is put to use.

Comment #1 by bugzilla — 2008-08-07T18:20:29Z

There isn't really a fixed length, as the compiler first tries to compress the identifier. If that fails to get it small enough, then it does the md5 hash. But it shouldn't be part of the spec, as it's an implementation issue.