Re: Error E363 (maxmempattern exceeded) in function 13_Highlight_Matching_Pair

Marek Schimara wrote:

> I traced this error down to matchparen.vim plugin:
>
> Error detected while processing function <SNR>13_Highlight_Matching_Pair:
> line 59:
> E363: pattern uses more memory than 'maxmempattern'
> Press ENTER or type command to continue
>
> It's impossible to use vim as this error interrupts me all the time when
> getting around the file.
> It happens when loading a relatively small (198kB) text file containing
> port load dump from opensm (attached). I suspect the problem comes from the
> contents - the file contains mostly (about 97% lines) of text like this:
>
> [1] => IN 1106 OUT 1116
> [2] => IN 1106 OUT 1098
> [3] => IN 1106 OUT 1116
> [4] => IN 1106 OUT 1098
> [5] => IN 1106 OUT 1080
> [6] => IN 1106 OUT 1134
> [7] => IN 1106 OUT 1134
> [8] => IN 1106 OUT 1116
> [9] => IN 1106 OUT 1098
> [10] => IN 1106 OUT 1116
> [11] => IN 1106 OUT 1134
> [12] => IN 1106 OUT 1116
> [13] => IN 1106 OUT 1098
> [14] => IN 1106 OUT 1044
> [15] => IN 1106 OUT 1134
> [16] => IN 1106 OUT 1098
> [17] => IN 1106 OUT 1098
> [18] => IN 1106 OUT 1080
>
> Interestingly, I get the error also when starting vim with --noplugin, bun
> only once, and if my .vimrc contains colorscheme.
> If I comment it out, the error goes away (still with --noplugin).
> Without --noplugin, it doesn't matter if colorscheme is used or not.
>
> BUT, with --noplugin, colorcheme left out of .vimrc, then added with
> ':colorscheme chocolateliquor' once inside vim, I get no error !?? If I
> source /usr/share/vim/vim73/plugin/matchparen.vim, I get it again.
> This is getting quite confusing.
>
> So I disabled colorscheme and removed
> /usr/share/vim/vim73/plugin/matchparen.vim. Both seem necessary to get rid
> of the error...
>
> I have tried other schemes (adrian, camo, ...) with the same results.

It's most likely not the matchparen plugin itself that causes the
problem, but the syntax you are using. Matchparen uses the syntax to
figure out what are comments.

Try disabling the syntax highlighting. If that solves the problem,
contact the syntax file maintainer.

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