[Oberon] Hennessy.Mod 64kB limit

[Skulski, Wojciech]

Joerg wrote:

>The 64KB limit is known, but I'm surprised as well that this limit is not checked.
> Add to ORG.CheckRegs the following IF:
>   IF varsize + strx > 0FFFFH THEN ORS.Mark("too many globals") END;

This amounts to a sin. Hardcoded literals are against Niklaus Wirth school of programming. I have picked relevant citations from The Gospel. Why is the community disregarding The Gospel?

This should be:
CONST GLOBLIMIT = 0FFFFH;  (*or GlobLimit, MaxVar, or any good and descriptive name*)

IF varsize + strx > GLOBLIMIT THEN ORS.Mark("too many globals") END;

Shall we ever learn from Niklaus Wirth?

Thanks,
Wojtek
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