Re: Branch out of range errors

[Benoît Minisini <benoit.minisini@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Le 28/08/2025 à 20:39, Brian G a écrit :
> I have some  performance test programs that I have fun with. They all 
> implement the algorithms as close as possible in each language.
>
> One of them has about 14000 lines of code, mostly while loops.
>
> it compiles and runs with, Rust, Go, Asm86-64, C and  Python  but will 
> not run with Gambas - always branch out of range error.
>
> Is there a patch to get this working, or switch. A little disconcerting 
> that gambas is the only language that has branch out of range errors in 
> the age of gigs of memory available.
>
> The exact error:
>
> # Gambas module file : MMain:13575:14: Jump is too far
>
> 13575*:        wend
>                      ^ Jump is too far
>
> This while encompass the entire program.
>
> Is the a fixed value that can be documented as to size of a single module.

The Gambas bytecode cannot jump farther than 2^15 bytecode words, hence 
the error if your function is too long.

I don't really see the need to spend time implementing greater jumps, as 
real useful functions have no reason to be that big.

Regards,

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Benoît Minisini.