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1Release 1.2 2011-05-162----------------------4Fixes for larger databases (tested up to one billion 100-byte entries,5i.e., ~100GB).7(1) Place hard limit on number of level-0 files. This fixes errors8of the form "too many open files".10(2) Fixed memtable management. Before the fix, a heavy write burst11could cause unbounded memory usage.13A fix for a logging bug where the reader would incorrectly complain14about corruption.16Allow public access to WriteBatch contents so that users can easily17wrap a DB.
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