size for shared-memory table is documented as required, but is not actually enforced

[Jeff Lawson]

http://speedtables.sourceforge.net/ch08.html documents that the "size" argument to the "create" command is required, however it does not actually appear to be. If you do not specify it, then this default is assumed:

./ctables/ctable.h:#define DEFAULT_SHARED_SIZE (1024*1024*4)

From ctables/template.c-subst:

                    if(raw_size) {
                        if (!parse_size(raw_size, &share_size)) {
                            Tcl_AppendResult(interp, "Bad size, must be an integer optionally followed by 'k', 'm', or 'g': ", raw_size, NULL);
                            goto createError;
                        }
                    } else {
                        share_size = DEFAULT_SHARED_SIZE;
                    }

Either the documentation is wrong, or the code is wrong.

[Peter da Silva]

The documentation is wrong, I'll fix it, unless you have a good reason for going the other way.

[Jeff Lawson]

okay, that sounds fine.

[Jeff Lawson]

I've committed a fix to the documentation.