"Error description: set: license limit exceeded"

[Dar Scott]

The function should stick around for a little bit because some old scripts might still check.  

The generation of the error is strange, though--that may indicate a need for some snipping.  I suspect there is a check that never succeeds, but never has somehow occurred.  

Just for fun:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deprecation


> On Jun 15, 2016, at 2:04 PM, Mike Bonner <bonnmike at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Deprecated doesn't mean removed.  In this case, it looks like the code is
> still there, but limits set to 0 (IE infinite)  Kinda surprised the code is
> still there though, doesn't seem like it would be needed for backwards
> compatability. Of course excising it would (probably?) be far more than a
> just a snip snip snip.
> 
> On Wed, Jun 15, 2016 at 1:42 PM, Richmond <richmondmathewson at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> 
>> That's interesting; putting "put the scriptLimits" into the Message Box of
>> LC 8.0.01 Indy yields 0,0,0,0.
>> 
>> I *wonder why* the documentation says "deprecated"?
>> 
>> Richmond.
>> 
>> On 15.06.2016 22:20, Dar Scott wrote:
>> 
>>> the scriptLimits()
>>> 
>>> I think you should still be able to put it, just drop 'the' or the
>>> parentheses.
>>> 
>> 
>> Why does this sound vaguely 'porno'?
>> 
>> 
>> 
>>> On Jun 15, 2016, at 1:15 PM, Richmond <richmondmathewson at gmail.com>
>>>> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>> So, (swank, swank) I opened up LC 8.0.1 Indy and typed "put the" into the
>>>> Message box, then copy-pasted "scriptLimits()" across from your message,
>>>> at which point the Message box contained this:
>>>> 
>>>> put the ÿþ
>>>> 
>>>> I was unable to DELETE anything in the Message Box.
>>>> 
>>>> which is both odd and problematic.
>>>> 
>>>> So, stopping trying to be clever (!) I typed "put the scriptLimits()"
>>>> into the Message box and got:
>>>> 
>>>> Script compile error:
>>>> Error description: Handler: bad command
>>>> 
>>>> which is also not much use.
>>>> 
>>>> I then opened LC 7.1.4 (because the Dictionary in Livecode 8.0.1 64-bit
>>>> Linux is a non-starter)
>>>> and looked up "scriptLimits()" and read:
>>>> 
>>>> Deprecated in Livecode 6.7.
>>>> 
>>>> At which point I felt bl**dy silly that I didn't check that first.
>>>> 
>>>> Richmond.
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> On 15.06.2016 21:35, Dar Scott wrote:
>>>> 
>>>>> I would very much like to be Indy disqualified.
>>>>> 
>>>>> As to the error, it seems it has come up a few times in discussions
>>>>> over the years.
>>>>> 
>>>>> Because of the word 'set', it feels like it has to do with too many
>>>>> lines in a script that is set in a standalone.  But, I thought those limits
>>>>> had been removed.  Just it case, scriptLimits() can be checked.  It should
>>>>> be 0,0,0,0.
>>>>> 
>>>>> Dar
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> On Jun 15, 2016, at 12:23 PM, Richmond <richmondmathewson at gmail.com>
>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Your income has probably just exceeded $500,000; after all, the Indy
>>>>>> version of Livecode
>>>>>> has a built-in income detector :P
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Richmond.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> On 15.06.2016 21:19, Dr. Hawkins wrote:
>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> I am getting this error message.  This should not be happening on an
>>>>>>> indy
>>>>>>> license with more than a year left.
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> For that matter, I have no idea what it means:
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> Error description: set: license limit exceeded
>>>>>>> 
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