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<span class="pageSubtitle">Return maximum $list item length</span> | <span class="pageSubtitle">Return maximum $list item length</span> | ||
<p class="warning">Most Sirius $functions have been deprecated in favor of Object Oriented methods. The OO equivalent for the $List_MaxIL function is the [[MaxItemLength (Stringlist property)]].</p> | <p class="warning">Most Sirius $functions have been deprecated in favor of Object Oriented methods. The OO equivalent for the <var>$List_MaxIL</var> function is the [[MaxItemLength (Stringlist property)]].</p> | ||
This function returns the maximum $list item length. | This function returns the maximum $list item length. | ||
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<p class="caption">%MAX: Maximum length of a $list item.</p> | <p class="caption">%MAX: Maximum length of a $list item.</p> | ||
The chief purpose of $List_MaxIL is to avoid having code with a constant (like 6124) whose value is subject to change. Under <var class="product">[[Sirius Mods]]</var> Version 6.5, 6124 was the maximum length of a $list item. Under <var class="product">[[Sirius Mods]]</var> Version 6.6 and later, some functions such as $ListLoc and $ListLup still only operate on the first 6124 bytes of $list items. While Sirius Software is not likely to reduce this value, because of the complex backward compatibility issues, it might someday increase it, as it eliminated the $list item length limit in <var class="product">[[Sirius Mods]]</var> 6.6. | The chief purpose of <var>$List_MaxIL</var> is to avoid having code with a constant (like 6124) whose value is subject to change. Under <var class="product">[[Sirius Mods]]</var> Version 6.5, 6124 was the maximum length of a $list item. Under <var class="product">[[Sirius Mods]]</var> Version 6.6 and later, some functions such as $ListLoc and $ListLup still only operate on the first 6124 bytes of $list items. While Sirius Software is not likely to reduce this value, because of the complex backward compatibility issues, it might someday increase it, as it eliminated the $list item length limit in <var class="product">[[Sirius Mods]]</var> 6.6. | ||
This $function is new in <var class="product">[[Sirius Mods]]</var> Version 6.2 and later.<p> | This $function is new in <var class="product">[[Sirius Mods]]</var> Version 6.2 and later.<p> |
Revision as of 00:48, 19 October 2012
Return maximum $list item length
Most Sirius $functions have been deprecated in favor of Object Oriented methods. The OO equivalent for the $List_MaxIL function is the MaxItemLength (Stringlist property).
This function returns the maximum $list item length.
$List_MaxIL accepts no arguments and returns the maximum length of a $list item.
Syntax
<section begin="syntax" /> %MAX = $List_MaxIL <section end="syntax" />
The chief purpose of $List_MaxIL is to avoid having code with a constant (like 6124) whose value is subject to change. Under Sirius Mods Version 6.5, 6124 was the maximum length of a $list item. Under Sirius Mods Version 6.6 and later, some functions such as $ListLoc and $ListLup still only operate on the first 6124 bytes of $list items. While Sirius Software is not likely to reduce this value, because of the complex backward compatibility issues, it might someday increase it, as it eliminated the $list item length limit in Sirius Mods 6.6.
This $function is new in Sirius Mods Version 6.2 and later.