[Therion] Limit in the number of scraps in a (big) project ?

[Benedikt Hallinger]

Good questionQ
in the hirlatz project, we "just" reach: "[3106]".


Am 2025-10-08 15:23, schrieb Xavier Robert via Therion:
> Hi all,
> 
> I am maintaining a quite big structured Therion database with more
> than 700 caves
> (https://github.com/robertxa/Topographies-Samoens_Folly). I am using
> Therion 6.3.3 (2025-01-06), TeX Live 2015 (MetaPost 1.999).
> Following a new session of exploration and surveys, I added some
> scraps in this database. I have no problem to run any compilation of
> separate caves.
> 
> But since my last update, when I try to run a Therion compilation for
> the whole database to build the 3D view of the system
> (https://groupe-speleo-vulcain.com/wp-content/themes/custom_theme/3d/JB.html),
> I get an error during the « Preloading the plain mem file » :
> 
> [...]
> [4090] [4091] [4092] [4093] [4094] [4095]
> ! Number is too large (4096).
> l.296920 beginfig(4096
>                       );
> [4096]
> ! Number is too large (4097).
> l.296923 beginfig(4097
>                       );
> [4097]
> … and so on…
> 
> therion: error -- metapost exit code -- 512
> 
> I a m not sure, but I think that I have a total of 4102 objects (this
> is the last number with a similar error ; with a total of 4117 files
> written in thTMPDIR/).
> If I run Therion with the -d option, I see all the data.xxxx from 1 to
> 4102 in thTMPDIR/. The compressed log file is in attachement.
> 
> I tried to recompile my database after commenting a small part of the
> database that I did not change recently. The compilation run well.
> 
> So, I suspect that there is a limit in the number of objects (scraps
> ?) Therion (or mpost ?) can handle. Am I right ?
> 
> Is there a way to get rid off this limitation ?
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> Xavier
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