Re: [Gambas-user] Re: Script error 'jump too far' ????

[roberto.premoli@xxxxxxxxxx]

Il 03.03.2024 18:20 Brian G ha scritto:

> On 3/3/24 08:17, Brian G wrote:
>
> > I have started getting this error on my larger scripts # Gambas 
> > module
> > file : MMain:13575:14: Jump is too far 13575*: wend ^ Jump is too 
> > far
> > Any idea, is there a limit somewhere? Benoit?
>
> Ok I found this in the compiler, It seems to indicate that no single
> block of code can be larger than 32k when compiled?
>
> void CODE_jump_length(ushort src, ushort dst)
> {
> if (src >= (cur_func->ncode - 1))
> return;
>
> int diff = (int)dst - (int)src;
>
> if (diff < -32768 || diff > 32767)
> THROW("Jump is too far");
>
> if (cur_func->code[src] == C_BREAK)
> cur_func->code[src + 2] = (short)(diff - 3); //dst - (src + 2) - 1;
> else if (cur_func->code[src] == C_NOP)
> cur_func->code[src] = (short)diff; //dst - src;
> else
> cur_func->code[src + 1] = (short)(diff - 2); //dst - (src + 1) - 1;
> }
>
> I am guessing there is no work around for this?
>
> -- ~~~~ Brian

il the block of code is too much long, try to reduce it as follow: find 
some "logical block" that can be reformatted as function and move them 
outside the main block of code that will became smaller in this way and 
nto trigger the 32K limit.

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