Traversing a binary
Vlad Dumitrescu
vlad_dumitrescu@REDACTED
Mon Oct 4 22:56:54 CEST 2004
From: "Luke Gorrie" <luke@REDACTED>
> %% checksum_4 crashes on this:
> %% F = <<E/binary,E/binary,E/binary,E/binary,E/binary>>,
Well, when the binary has more than 2^24 bits, then you can't build a bignum
from it anymore. I guess the reason is that in <<C:Bits>>, Bits can't be a
bignum.
Congratulations, you discovered a limitation of the system! :-D
regards,
Vlad
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