[erlang-questions] Compile Question

[Fred Hebert]

On Tue, Dec 4, 2018 at 1:44 PM Michael Schmidt <
Michael.K.Schmidt@REDACTED> wrote:

> I have been chasing a compile error:
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> ** (CompileError) elixir_compiler_1: function '__MODULE__'/1+17:
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>   An implementation limit was reached.
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>   Try reducing the complexity of this function.
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>
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>   Instruction: {move,{x,0},{y,1555}}
>
> ...
>
> Poking around, there is indeed a list of 776 items that generates 2
> function defs each, which gives us a final AST list of approx 1552.  I
> assume this is related to the {y,1555} in Error.
>
>
>
> Can lists:each() not handle lists longer than 1024?  What am I missing?
>
>
>
>
The limit is on the number of funs that can be exported by a single
function. Each function gets an id like `#Fun<mod.9.54861464>` where the
second integer (9) is a counter of the number of anonymous
functions/closures within a single function. You probably overflow that
counter.
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