Remove 255-byte limit on the length of literal strings.

[pspp] / src / language / lexer / lexer.c

diff --git a/src/language/lexer/lexer.c b/src/language/lexer/lexer.c
index 1c35642f874daa9ef8447522af7428a34f89d023..317aac73e66354ad12e4c20bd69abcf1a223159a 100644 (file)
--- a/src/language/lexer/lexer.c
+++ b/src/language/lexer/lexer.c
@@ -1218,13 +1218,6 @@ finish:
   if (type != CHARACTER_STRING)
     convert_numeric_string_to_char_string (lexer, type);
 
-  if (ds_length (&lexer->tokstr) > 255)
-    {
-      msg (SE, _("String exceeds 255 characters in length (%zu characters)."),
-          ds_length (&lexer->tokstr));
-      ds_truncate (&lexer->tokstr, 255);
-    }
-
   return T_STRING;
 }
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