Remove arbitrary limits in Starlark "while" loops #862
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These loops are essentially while loops and have reasonable exit conditions, so there is no reason to arbitrarily limit the range. There is precedent for this number at: https://github.com/bazelbuild/bazel/blob/f802525ad37e4f4567103682244d65f6cc55ff57/src/main/starlark/builtins_bzl/common/cc/experimental_cc_shared_library.bzl#L78 Related to bazel-contrib#857
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These loops are essentially while loops and have reasonable exit conditions, so there is no reason to arbitrarily limit the range.
There is precedent for this number at:
https://github.com/bazelbuild/bazel/blob/f802525ad37e4f4567103682244d65f6cc55ff57/src/main/starlark/builtins_bzl/common/cc/experimental_cc_shared_library.bzl#L78
Related to #857