Re: [SQL] RewriteDefine.c : Rule size

> There is a poorly-documented restriction that BLCKSZ can't exceed 32K
> (IIRC, this is because block offsets are stored in signed shorts somewhere).
> Probably would be a good idea to mention this in the comments in
> config.h.in.
> 
> For the long run it would be nice to remove the restriction.  I have no
> idea whether that would be easy or hard.  Ideally we could do something
> like
> 
> #if BLCKSZ > 32767
>     typedef int BlockOffset;
> #else
>     typedef short BlockOffset;
> #endif
> 
> but finding all the places that need to use the typedef might be a pain.

Added comment to config.h.in, and TODO item:
* Allow BLCKSZ <= 64k, not <= 32k

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