Jul 27 05:43:17 backuplist+[664]: *** +[utilities getFormattedDate:theformat:]: Internal table overflow. (error −2707)
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etc. etc…
not sure why looking at the function
set thisdayOfMonth to utilities's getFormattedDate_theformat_(NSNow, "dd")
on getFormattedDate_theformat_(thedate, theFormat)
set theFormat to theFormat as string
set myFormatter to current application's class "NSDateFormatter"'s alloc()'s init()
myFormatter's setDateFormat_(theFormat)
set theString to myFormatter's stringFromDate_(thedate)
return theString
end getFormattedDate_theformat_
It works for me and most folks but a few have reported Internal table overflow errors here and in other spots.
That error means AppleScript has got itself into a state, and you need to quit. It can happen with too much data, or too many concatenations. The damage is probably happening some time before the handler that generates the error message.
I know - it seems to happen in different places with no apparent big thing going on and it gets triggered by the “last straw” bit of conversion or routine. But it doesn’t happen to everyone and only often only occasionally for the unlucky ones.
Problem is my script is large and I am confounded as to where to begin looking or how to restructure. Given your thoughts maybe I can get some perspective. I am most of the way through converting to pure OBj-C in the hope some of these obscurities will be gone. I have probably pushed ASOC to the limit with a full fledged app like mine.
Not exactly, when appending too long strings or lists you’ll get an stack overflow. A internal table overflow is that your object has too many methods, variables or objects or there is something wrong with your code. Most of the time it is the last one.
Do you use eval or load dynamic script files at runtime elsewhere repeatedly?