>> Then a "CCXL MPEFILE" failed
>>with an undocumented compiler error saying it cannot open the source file
>>(error 2266?  don't have convenient access now).  The file "looked normal"
>>to me, but it wouldn't work ...The "solution" was to text the
>>file with editor and keep it again.  It blew my mind! ...
>
>I came across something maybe related:  When we were running an outdated
>>version of the
>c compiler that came with 4.0 on 5.0, that version could not open any posix
>source file because of the huge LIMIT (I don't know why - Steve Elmer found
>the pattern).  When I reduced the limit of the file and made it equal to EOF
>(probably in your case with editor?) it would compile!
 
The C compiler used to open its source file short-mapped. Actually, it's
the C library that used to do this. If the maximum file size
(limit*recsize) is >4MB, the open will fail. The huge limit in this case
made the difference.
 
-- Bruce
 
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