no limit on strings and on input line length; document

[unix-history] / usr / src / old / as.vax / PSD.doc / asdocs4.me

diff --git a/usr/src/old/as.vax/PSD.doc/asdocs4.me b/usr/src/old/as.vax/PSD.doc/asdocs4.me
index ca7c56e..b04917e 100644 (file)
--- a/usr/src/old/as.vax/PSD.doc/asdocs4.me
+++ b/usr/src/old/as.vax/PSD.doc/asdocs4.me
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 .\"
 .\"    Copyright (c) 1982 Regents of the University of California
 .\"
 .\"    Copyright (c) 1982 Regents of the University of California

-.\"    @(#)asdocs4.me 1.8 %G%
+.\"    @(#)asdocs4.me 1.9 %G%

 .\"
 .EQ
 delim $$
 .\"
 .EQ
 delim $$


@@ -252,8 +252,8 @@ limit       what
 _
 Arbitrary\**   Files to assemble
 BUFSIZ Significant characters per name
 _
 Arbitrary\**   Files to assemble
 BUFSIZ Significant characters per name

-BUFSIZ Characters per input line
-2048   Characters per string
+Arbitrary      Characters per input line
+Arbitrary      Characters per string

 Arbitrary      Symbols
 4      Text segments
 4      Data segments
 Arbitrary      Symbols
 4      Text segments
 4      Data segments


@@ -317,3 +317,8 @@ will allow the peephole optimizer to produce much better
 loop optimizations,
 since it currently assumes the worst
 case about the size of the loop body.
 loop optimizations,
 since it currently assumes the worst
 case about the size of the loop body.

+.pp
+The string temporary file is not put in memory when the -V flag is set.
+The string table in the generated a.out contains some strings
+and names that are never referenced from the symbol table;
+the loader removes these unreferenced strings, however.