Re: [xml-dev] I think XML tools should handle XML files up to 2^64bytes

[Rhodri James <rhodri@kynesim.co.uk>]

On 13/11/2018 13:32, Costello, Roger L. wrote:
> Hi Folks,
>
> I think XML tools (e.g., XML parsers, schema validators, XSLT processors) should handle XML files up to 2^64 bytes in size.
>
> 2^64 = 18,446,744,073,709,551,616 (20 digits)
That's well over a petabyte.  Good luck finding that much storage.

I think putting limits on XML tools is more than a bit useless.  The 
limiting factor is almost always the user's computer, not the tool.

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Rhodri James *-* Kynesim Ltd