Android Question error: code too large for try statement

[Nicolás Cieri]

Hello, I have a very large sub, but it is necessary.

What can be done to avoid this error and be able to work with the normal debugger?

Thanks.

error: code too large for try statement
catch (Exception e) {

 

[JohnC]

My first guess is to try to break up the large sub into smaller subs to prevent this error.

If you want to post the code to your sub, we can provide suggestions on how to break it into different subs.

 

[Nicolás Cieri]

Is it the only way? It would be somewhat complicated, since all the code is closely related.

Is it limited to a maximum of characters per 'sub' ?, or what happens?

 

[JohnC]

I have never heard of this error. But apparently there is some type of limit built into the compiler. Since you can not modify this upper limit in the compiler, my guess is that the only solution is to break it apart.

Curious, how many lines of code are in this "large" sub?

 

[Nicolás Cieri]

If I use the legacy debugger, everything works, the problem is that the development of the app is much slower.

This sub is with 1224 lines (The same as in B4i works perfectly.).

 

[Jeffrey Cameron]

You could try breaking your try block into smaller blocks:

Try
    .. .code
   … code
Catch
    Error=True
    HandleError
End Try
' next step
If Not(Error) Then
    Try
      ..code
      ..code
  Catch
       Error = True
      HandleError
   End Try
End If
' And so on...

You can even eliminate the "If Not(Error)" if every catch block ends with a Return statement.

 

[Nicolás Cieri]

That is not the problem, I already tried. This error is generated even without having a "try"

 

[Jeffrey Cameron]

This error is generated even without having a "try"

Sorry, I was going by your post title. Have you tried cleaning the project and re-compiling?

 

[Nicolás Cieri]

Yes, of course! I have tried everything and nothing.

 

[Jeffrey Cameron]

In that case, I'd listen to @Erel:

error: code too large

hi, I have a caompilation error: Compilazione del codice Java prodotto. Error javac 1.8.0_191 src\com\mamavi\slimup\ciclorisultante.java:13926: error: code too large public void resume(BA ba, Object[] result) throws Exception{ ^ 1 error I don't know what means I saw in the...

www.b4x.com

 

[Nicolás Cieri]

If I had seen the post, but in some cases it is complicated, since everything can be within a Loop or several, as in my case.

 

[Erel]

A 1200 line sub is a bad idea. Take 20 minutes and split it. I would have split it to 20 subs at least.

 

[Nicolás Cieri]

It is not that, it is not the time that it can take me ... if it is a well done and well structured code, I think that the system should not have that limitation.

But hey ... for now, although it will take much longer, I will use the legacy debugger.

Thanks anyway Erel.

 

[Erel]

It is a limitation of the underlying Java compiler.

 

[agraham]

This sub is with 1224 lines

That must be almost impenetrable to understand and debug! The old Smalltalk mantra was "smaller and more methods" which is a good working rule for most software.

 

[Nicolás Cieri]

Ok, I'll keep that in mind .. thanks everyone.