Maybe upping the limit required some changes in the way some things are handled in the code. Therefore, the limit would not be arbitrary, but a consequence of h

Maybe upping the limit required some changes in the way some things are handled in the code. Therefore, the limit would not be arbitrary, but a consequence of how SQLite is written. Or the authors want to provide some guaranties and upper limits are set according to what is known to work / tested. I'd be interested in knowing the actual answer to your question though. edit: the actual answer is in the sibling comment, ah ah.