Minor request to increase blockify list limit in lists.js from 500 to say 2000

[cymplecy]

When doing an Advent Of Code, I just wanted to split a 900 line text data source into a list by splitting and blockifying it. But then I found there was a limit of 500

Could you increase that please?

As an early Christmas present? :)

[jmoenig]

hmm... if you need more than 500 inputs it's probably a really good idea not to encode it as blocks but as ... lists?

[cymplecy]

Its basically just to make the project look nicer - I can get rid of the long split reporter and I'll be able to see last data item without scrolling 👍

[jmoenig]

but why don't you just use a variable to store the big string inside the project then?

[cymplecy]

I did not mean to interrupt you with a long discussion on my bad programming approach

It was just a minor request

I've already done it in my fork but I thought it might be useful for someone else in future

[jmoenig]

See, it's really extremely inefficient to store long lists as blocks inside a project. Much better to just store the data!

[cymplecy]

OK :)

[jguille2]

Hi @cymplecy,

I agree with Jens that maybe it is not the best approach...

But, if you need this, you can use the "append" block and have the same behavior you are requesting. Just blockify "smaller" packs, and appending these lists you will get the same visual representation.

Joan

[jmoenig]

excellent idea and great hint, Joan!

[cymplecy]

This is not about how to do something #LOL

It is a simple, minor request to increase an arbitrary limit #smile

If the limit wasn't there or @jens had made it 1000, I would never even have found out about it - I would have just carried on doing things in my bad way #smile

Makes me wonder what other limits Snap! has #joke #smile