Can't load entire file in editor
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Description
I created a text file with 1,044,475,762 lines, containing a line number on each line to keep the file small.
`edit` wont' load entire file:
`nvim` loads everything:
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Research direction
Reproduce the report by opening a text file with over one billion numbered lines in edit and compare the result with nvim. Start from the editor's file-loading entry point, then verify that edit can load and display the entire file without the reported truncation or failure.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- rust
- Domain
- cli
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100