libexpr: Clear PosTable contents in EvalState::resetFileCache#14525
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Otherwise PosTable grows indefinitely for each reload. Since the total input size is limited to 4GB (uint32_t for byte offset PosIdx) it can get exhausted pretty. This ensures that we don't waste memory on reloads as well.
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Otherwise
PosTablegrows indefinitely for each reload. Since the total input size is limited to 4GB (uint32_t for byte offset PosIdx) it can get exhausted pretty. This ensures that we don't waste memory on reloads as well.Context
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