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I'm not following; why can't you decompress it? Of course you cant decompress it into memory, but if it's trying to that then there's a problem in the code (pro

by warent 9y ago

I'm not following; why can't you decompress it? Of course you cant decompress it into memory, but if it's trying to that then there's a problem in the code (problem identified). Naive solution, just write to the end of the file and make sure you have enough disk. More sophisticated solution, shard the file across multiple disks.

Piskvorrr 9y ago
That's not a solution, that's sweeping the problem under the rug: "just have the OS provide storage, therefore it's not my problem any more, solved. (Never mind that with a few more layers, the tree would decompress into a structure larger than all the storage ever available to mankind)"