The docs say that there is a limit on the size of large statics of 16 MB. Is it desirable to remove this limit ? I realise that with new code there is the option to alloc the space instead where the static is uninitialised. There are other possibilities, such as an object filled with compile-time generated data maybe. The documentation also points out the crazy but understandable bloat on the exe size.

Is it possible to place a large object in BSS by using
  ubyte arr[ enormous ] = void;

On 6/25/23 13:41, Cecil Ward wrote:

> The docs say that there is a limit on the size of large statics

Customers (at least Weka) did request larger statics in the past. Since they use LDC, the limit was removed for LDC. I did not try it. :)

Ali

On Sunday, 25 June 2023 at 21:08:13 UTC, Ali Çehreli wrote:
> On 6/25/23 13:41, Cecil Ward wrote:
>
> > The docs say that there is a limit on the size of large
> statics
>
> Customers (at least Weka) did request larger statics in the past. Since they use LDC, the limit was removed for LDC. I did not try it. :)
>
> Ali

Ah, I did not know that, many thanks, I’m using LDC and GDC.

A wishlist for the docs on the website would be to have them mention, and link to additional documentation regarding GDC and LDC, not just DMD. The docs should mainly be about the D language not solely about the DMD compiler.