What is the maximum number of case class fields in scala?

Question

It used to be 22, I heard someone say it's now 512? Is that correct? Can someone provide a source.

Answer 1

In Scala 2.11 there is an implicit limit, it seems if you create a case class with about more than 100 fields you get a stack overflow (see bottom of answer).

A workaround to get the number of fields higher (up to 254) is

export SBT_OPTS="-XX:MaxPermSize=2G -Xmx2G -Xms2G -Xss8M"

If you try any higher than 254 you get

[error] /Users/sams/src/.../src/main/scala/com/MegaClass.scala:6:12: Platform restriction: a parameter list's length cannot exceed 254.
[error] case class MegaClass(

Stack overflow error:

[error] null
[error] scala.tools.nsc.typechecker.SuperAccessors$SuperAccTransformer.transformSelect$1(SuperAccessors.scala:253)
[error] scala.tools.nsc.typechecker.SuperAccessors$SuperAccTransformer.transform(SuperAccessors.scala:335)
[error] scala.tools.nsc.typechecker.SuperAccessors$SuperAccTransformer.transform(SuperAccessors.scala:359)
[error] scala.tools.nsc.typechecker.SuperAccessors$SuperAccTransformer.transform(SuperAccessors.scala:71)
...
[error] scala.reflect.internal.Trees$class.itransform(Trees.scala:1345)
[error] scala.reflect.internal.SymbolTable.itransform(SymbolTable.scala:16)
[error] scala.reflect.internal.SymbolTable.itransform(SymbolTable.scala:16)
[error] scala.reflect.api.Trees$Transformer.transform(Trees.scala:2555)
[error] scala.tools.nsc.transform.TypingTransformers$TypingTransformer.transform(TypingTransformers.scala:44)
[error] scala.tools.nsc.typechecker.SuperAccessors$SuperAccTransformer.mayNeedProtectedAccessor$1(SuperAccessors.scala:186)
[error] scala.tools.nsc.typechecker.SuperAccessors$SuperAccTransformer.transformSelect$1(SuperAccessors.scala:332)
[error] scala.tools.nsc.typechecker.SuperAccessors$SuperAccTransformer.transform(SuperAccessors.scala:335)
[error] scala.tools.nsc.typechecker.SuperAccessors$SuperAccTransformer.transform(SuperAccessors.scala:359)
[error] scala.tools.nsc.typechecker.SuperAccessors$SuperAccTransformer.transform(SuperAccessors.scala:71)
[error] scala.reflect.internal.Trees$class.itransform(Trees.scala:1345)
[error]            
[error] java.lang.StackOverflowError
[error]     at scala.tools.nsc.typechecker.SuperAccessors$SuperAccTransformer.transform(SuperAccessors.scala:178)
[error]     at scala.tools.nsc.typechecker.SuperAccessors$SuperAccTransformer.transform(SuperAccessors.scala:359)
[error]     at scala.tools.nsc.typechecker.SuperAccessors$SuperAccTransformer.transform(SuperAccessors.scala:71)
[error]     at scala.reflect.internal.Trees$class.itransform(Trees.scala:1345)
[error]     at scala.reflect.internal.SymbolTable.itransform(SymbolTable.scala:16)
[error]     at scala.reflect.internal.SymbolTable.itransform(SymbolTable.scala:16)
[error]     at scala.reflect.api.Trees$Transformer.transform(Trees.scala:2555)

Answer 2

It's 22 if you want json (de)serialisation. At least in pre Scala 3. It might have changed in Scala 3.