I have created an XML file in VS 2017 with 100,000+ lines and VS crashed every time I've tried to modify this file. (please don't tell me that my design is bad and I should use a database). I have also created a unit test file with C# with more than 100,000 lines and VS 2017 also crashed every time I've tried to modify the file (.cs) My pc is a Windows 10 with 24 GB of RAM so it is not a resource issue. So my question is what is the max number of lines VS can handle correctly ?
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4[If you're asking for a limit you're probably doing something wrong](https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/oldnewthing/20070301-00/?p=27803). – Dour High Arch Oct 15 '18 at 18:22
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According to [this](https://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/vstudio/en-US/87c23f8c-033d-4e1a-bf72-872b7000b60d/whats-the-maximum-size-of-c-source-file-that-vs-can-open?forum=vseditor) there was no hard limit in VS2010 – Magnetron Oct 15 '18 at 18:31
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3Visual Studio is a 32-bit program. Therefore, it is limited in memory as a 32-bit process. – Alexander Petrov Oct 15 '18 at 19:28
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Either you are trying to benchmark Visual Studio IDE for some research you are doing or you are in a real need to process large files.
If you are looking for benchmark I cannot help you.
If you are in a real need to process large files; I recommend you to split the file into smaller files as illustrated in the answer for this question: XML Split of a Large file
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