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authorBjörn Gustavsson <[email protected]>2010-02-28 09:10:34 +0100
committerBjörn Gustavsson <[email protected]>2010-02-28 09:16:04 +0100
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Efficiency Guide: The maximum number of atoms can be configured
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diff --git a/system/doc/efficiency_guide/advanced.xml b/system/doc/efficiency_guide/advanced.xml
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@@ -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.