[ferret_users] symbol substitution makes line too long

[Marco van Hulten <marco.van-hulten@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hello,

I want to make a long definition, but I get the problem that the "symbol
substitution makes line too long".  A minimal working example:

yes? define symbol test = 1234567890abcdef
yes? define symbol test = ($test) ($test)
 !-> define symbol test = 1234567890abcdef 1234567890abcdef
yes? define symbol test = ($test) ($test)
 !-> define symbol test = 1234567890abcdef 1234567890abcdef 1234567890abcdef 1234567890abcdef
yes? define symbol test = ($test) ($test)
 !-> define symbol test = 1234567890abcdef 1234567890abcdef 1234567890abcdef 1234567890abcdef 1234567890abcdef 1234567890abcdef 1234567890abcdef 1234567890abcdef
yes? define symbol test = ($test) ($test)
 !-> define symbol test = 1234567890abcdef 1234567890abcdef 1234567890abcdef 1234567890abcdef 1234567890abcdef 1234567890abcdef 1234567890abcdef 1234567890abcdef 1234567890abcdef 1234567890abcdef 1234567890abcdef 1234567890abcdef 1234567890abcdef 1234567890abcdef 1234567890abcdef 1234567890abcdef
yes? define symbol test = ($test) ($test)
 !-> define symbol test = 1234567890abcdef 1234567890abcdef 1234567890abcdef 1234567890abcdef 1234567890abcdef 1234567890abcdef 1234567890abcdef 1234567890abcdef 1234567890abcdef 1234567890abcdef 1234567890abcdef 1234567890abcdef 1234567890abcdef 1234567890abcdef 1234567890abcdef 1234567890abcdef 1234567890abcdef 1234567890abcdef 1234567890abcdef 1234567890abcdef 1234567890abcdef 1234567890abcdef 1234567890abcdef 1234567890abcdef 1234567890abcdef 1234567890abcdef 1234567890abcdef 1234567890abcdef 1234567890abcdef 1234567890abcdef 1234567890abcdef 1234567890abcdef
yes? define symbol test = ($test) ($test)
 !-> define symbol test = 1234567890abcdef 1234567890abcdef 1234567890abcdef 1234567890abcdef 1234567890abcdef 1234567890abcdef 1234567890abcdef 1234567890abcdef 1234567890abcdef 1234567890abcdef 1234567890abcdef 1234567890abcdef 1234567890abcdef 1234567890abcdef 1234567890abcdef 1234567890abcdef 1234567890abcdef 1234567890abcdef 1234567890abcdef 1234567890abcdef 1234567890abcdef 1234567890abcdef 1234567890abcdef 1234567890abcdef 1234567890abcdef 1234567890abcdef 1234567890abcdef 1234567890abcdef 1234567890abcdef 1234567890abcdef 1234567890abcdef 1234567890abcdef 1234567890abcdef 1234567890abcdef 1234567890abcdef 1234567890abcdef 1234567890abcdef 1234567890abcdef 1234567890abcdef 1234567890abcdef 1234567890abcdef 1234567890abcdef 1234567890abcdef 1234567890abcdef 1234567890abcdef 1234567890abcdef 1234567890abcdef 1234567890abcdef 1234567890abcdef 1234567890abcdef 1234567890abcdef 1234567890abcdef 1234567890abcdef 1234567890abcdef 1234567890abcdef 1234567890abcdef 1234567890abcdef 1234567890abcdef 1234567890abcdef 1234567890abcdef 1234567890abcdef 1234567890abcdef 1234567890abcdef 1234567890abcdef
yes? define symbol test = ($test) ($test)
 **ERROR: invalid command: symbol substitution makes line too long
          TEST = 1234567890abcdef 1234567890abcdef 1234567890abcdef 1234567890abcdef 1234567890abcdef 1234567890abcdef 1234567890abcdef 1234567890abcdef 1234567890abcdef 1234567890abcdef 1234567890abcdef 1234567890abcdef 1234567890abcdef 1234567890abcdef 1234567890abcdef 1234567890abcdef 1234567890abcdef 1234567890abcdef 1234567890abcdef 1234567890abcdef 1234567890abcdef 1234567890abcdef 1234567890abcdef 1234567890abcdef 1234567890abcdef 1234567890abcdef 1234567890abcdef 1234567890abcdef 1234567890abcdef 1234567890abcdef 1234567890abcdef 1234567890abcdef 1234567890abcdef 1234567890abcdef 1234567890abcdef 1234567890abcdef 1234567890abcdef 1234567890abcdef 1234567890abcdef 1234567890abcdef 1234567890abcdef 1234567890abcdef 1234567890abcdef 1234567890abcdef 1234567890abcdef 1234567890abcdef 1234567890abcdef 1234567890abcdef 1234567890abcdef 1234567890abcdef 1234567890abcdef 1234567890abcdef 1234567890abcdef 1234567890abcdef 1234567890abcdef 1234567890abcdef 1234567890abcdef 1234567890abcdef 1234567890abcdef 1234567890abcdef 1234567890abcdef 1234567890abcdef 1234567890abcdef 1234567890abcdef

>From what does this limitation come?  Can I do something about it?

I want to use such a recursive substitution to define a mask.

Marco

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