[Freeciv-Dev] Re: packet_conn_ping_info and connections

[Andreas Røsdal <andrearo@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Tue, 19 Oct 2004, Mike Kaufman wrote:
> On Tue, Oct 19, 2004 at 02:33:27PM -0400, Jason Dorje Short wrote:
> > packet_conn_ping_info assumes there can be no more than MAX_NUM_PLAYERS
> > connections.  Is this a safe assumption?  It seems unlikely.
>
> this is absolutely wrong.
>
> sernet.h:
>
> #define MAX_NUM_CONNECTIONS (2 * (MAX_NUM_PLAYERS + MAX_NUM_BARBARIANS))
>
> the 2 there was put in by me, but it's really arbitrary. For a really
> exciting game (league finals?), you might want to have a great many
> observers. We might want to raise it sometime in the future.

Why should there be a limit to the number of connections? Also, why should
there be a limit to the number of players?

Andreas Røsdal