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authorEric Wong <normalperson@yhbt.net>2011-02-22 19:24:55 -0800
committerEric Wong <normalperson@yhbt.net>2011-02-23 13:14:28 -0800
commitdf3d3a0b09f05249aff9f25f558f988bfcad8874 (patch)
treec7812b1a69cd0acf95a93e4974483dcbccee8e1e /ext/raindrops/raindrops.c
parentdb192979f096d0153ad14e530e1e2e193289c7e0 (diff)
downloadraindrops-df3d3a0b09f05249aff9f25f558f988bfcad8874.tar.gz
This is the highest number a counter may be incremented to
before it overflows.
Diffstat (limited to 'ext/raindrops/raindrops.c')
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diff --git a/ext/raindrops/raindrops.c b/ext/raindrops/raindrops.c
index 599f39d..766ee02 100644
--- a/ext/raindrops/raindrops.c
+++ b/ext/raindrops/raindrops.c
@@ -203,6 +203,9 @@ void Init_raindrops_ext(void)
 #endif
         rb_define_const(cRaindrops, "SIZE", SIZET2NUM(raindrop_size));
 
+        /* the maximum value a raindrop counter can hold */
+        rb_define_const(cRaindrops, "MAX", ULONG2NUM((unsigned long)-1));
+
         rb_define_alloc_func(cRaindrops, alloc);
 
         rb_define_method(cRaindrops, "initialize", init, 1);