Is there a maximum string length for patternmatching ?

[Dr Thon de Boer]

Hi,

I am trying to write a parser in SRS5.1 for a FASTA formatted file and
did succeed to a certain extent, but I seem to be running into some
limits.
The parser trips over a line with a length of 2943 characters.....It
goes into a infinite loop and doesnlt parse anything anymore....

I have instructed the maxline parameter in the filetype definition in
SRSGEN.I to be 10000 so this can't be the problem.

Is there a maximum length of the string that can be parsed by
patternmatching ? Is this a hardcoded setting or is there some parameter
I can set ?

Thanks, Thon de Boer
HGMP-RC, Hinxtion