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| author | Björn Gustavsson <[email protected]> | 2010-02-28 09:10:34 +0100 |
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| committer | Björn Gustavsson <[email protected]> | 2010-02-28 09:16:04 +0100 |
| commit | cedee54fd81ddf8e4423e5ad4b3e6454001c6e95 (patch) | |
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Efficiency Guide: The maximum number of atoms can be configured
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| -rw-r--r-- | system/doc/efficiency_guide/commoncaveats.xml | 2 |
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diff --git a/system/doc/efficiency_guide/advanced.xml b/system/doc/efficiency_guide/advanced.xml index 82f82f9fd6..6a191ebdb8 100644 --- a/system/doc/efficiency_guide/advanced.xml +++ b/system/doc/efficiency_guide/advanced.xml @@ -154,7 +154,8 @@ On 64-bit architectures: 4 words for a reference from the current local node, an <item>255</item> <tag><em>Atoms </em></tag> <item> <marker id="atoms"></marker> -The maximum number of atoms is 1048576. </item> + By default, the maximum number of atoms is 1048576. + This limit can be raised or lowered using the <c>+t</c> option.</item> <tag><em>Ets-tables</em></tag> <item>The default is 1400, can be changed with the environment variable <c>ERL_MAX_ETS_TABLES</c>.</item> <tag><em>Elements in a tuple</em></tag> diff --git a/system/doc/efficiency_guide/commoncaveats.xml b/system/doc/efficiency_guide/commoncaveats.xml index e18e5aa510..326db6df8c 100644 --- a/system/doc/efficiency_guide/commoncaveats.xml +++ b/system/doc/efficiency_guide/commoncaveats.xml @@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ <p>Atoms are not garbage-collected. Once an atom is created, it will never be removed. The emulator will terminate if the limit for the number - of atoms (1048576) is reached.</p> + of atoms (1048576 by default) is reached.</p> <p>Therefore, converting arbitrary input strings to atoms could be dangerous in a system that will run continuously. |