[DFDL-WG] Implementation limits

[Mike Beckerle]

There is a section in the material about error types/kinds on
implementation limit errors.

It gives examples of implementation limits that might exist in different
implementations.

Today we found another interesting one: regex match time limit.

...mike

On Mon, Jan 21, 2013 at 1:43 PM, Steve Hanson <smh at uk.ibm.com> wrote:

> Just checking - did we close on this?
>
> Regards
>
> Steve Hanson
> Architect, Data Format Description Language (DFDL)
> Co-Chair, *OGF DFDL Working Group* <http://www.ogf.org/dfdl/>
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> ----- Forwarded by Steve Hanson/UK/IBM on 21/01/2013 18:38 -----
>
> From:        Mike Beckerle <mbeckerle.dfdl at gmail.com>
> To:        Steve Hanson/UK/IBM at IBMGB,
> Cc:        dfdl-wg at ogf.org
> Date:        19/11/2012 21:08
> Subject:        Re: [DFDL-WG] proposed clarification/narrowing - no
> twos-complement decimal, integer or nonNegativeInteger
> ------------------------------
>
>
>
> Do we have a section where this goes?
>
> There are lots of implied implementation limits.
>
> Maximum string length?
> Maximum hexbinary length?
> Maximum number of packed digits in various numbers.
>
> Maximum length of a delimiter?
> Maximum length of a fixed attribute?
> Maximum length of a pattern regex expression?
> Maximum length of a regular expression?
>
> There's also limits on buffering of data for unparsing, etc.
>
> There's also limits on lookahead/speculation. I.e., how far an
> implementation is willing to speculate forward.
>
> etc.
>
> For some types these are clear: e.g., binary xs:int is 32 bits max.
>
> Do we need a numbered section on implementation specific limits.
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Mike Beckerle | OGF DFDL Workgroup Co-Chair | Tresys Technology |
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