• API: BREAKING CHANGE: (bug 11430) Return fewer results than the limit in some cases to prevent running out of memory
• This means queries could possibly return fewer results than the limit and still set a query-continue
• Add iicontinue, rvcontinue, cicontinue, incontinue, amfrom to faciliate query-continue for these modules
• Implemented by blocking additions to the ApiResult object if they would make it too large
  • Important things like query-continue values and warnings are exempt from this check
  • RSS feeds and exported XML are also exempted (size-checking them would be too messy)
  • Result size is checked against $wgAPIMaxResultSize, which defaults to 8 MB

For those who really care, per-file details follow:

ApiResult.php:

• Introduced ApiResult::$mSize which keeps track of the result size.
• Introduced ApiResult::size() which calculates an array's size (which is the sum of the strlen()s of its elements).
• ApiResult::addValue() now checks that the result size stays below $wgAPIMaxResultSize. If the item won't fit, it won't be added and addValue() will return false. Callers should check the return value and set a query-continue if it's false.
• Closed the back door that is ApiResult::getData(): callers can't manipulate the data array directly anymore so they can't bypass the result size limit.
• Added ApiResult::setIndexedTagName_internal() which will call setIndexedTagName() on an array already in the result. This is needed for the 'new' order of adding results, which means addValue()ing one result at a time until you hit the limit or run out, then calling this function to set the tag name.
• Added ApiResult::disableSizeCheck() and enableSizeCheck() which disable and enable size checking in addValue(). This is used for stuff like query-continue elements and warnings which shouldn't count towards the result size.
• Added ApiResult::unsetValue() which removes an element from the result and decreases $mSize.

ApiBase.php:

• Like ApiResult::getData(), ApiBase::getResultData() no longer returns a reference.
• Use ApiResult::disableSizeCheck() in ApiBase::setWarning()

ApiQueryBase.php:

• Added ApiQueryBase::addPageSubItem(), which adds page subitems one item at a time.
• addPageSubItem() and addPageSubItems() now return whether the subitem fit in the result.
• Use ApiResult::disableSizeCheck() in setContinueEnumParameter()

ApiMain.php:

• Use ApiResult::disableSizeCheck() in ApiMain::substituteResultWithError()
• Use getParameter() rather than $mRequest to obtain requestid

DefaultSettings.php:

• Added $wgAPIMaxResultSize, with a default value of 8 MB

ApiQuery*.php:

• Added results one at a time, and set a query-continue if the result is full.

ApiQueryLangLinks.php and friends:

• Migrated from addPageSubItems() to addPageSubItem(). This eliminates the need for $lastId.

ApiQueryAllLinks.php, ApiQueryWatchlist.php, ApiQueryAllimages.php, ApiQuerySearch.php:

• Renamed $data to something more appropriate ($pageids, $ids or $titles)

ApiQuerySiteinfo.php:

• Abuse siprop as a query-continue parameter and set it to all props that couldn't be processed.

ApiQueryRandom.php:

• Doesn't do continuations, because the result is supposed to be random.
• Be smart enough to not run the second query if the results of the first didn't fit.

ApiQueryImageInfo.php, ApiQueryRevisions.php, ApiQueryCategoryInfo.php, ApiQueryInfo.php:

• Added continue parameter which basically skips the first so many items

ApiQueryBacklinks.php:

• Throw the result in a big array first and addValue() that one element at a time if necessary
  • This is necessary because the results aren't retrieved in order
• Introduced $this->pageMap to map namespace and title to page ID
• Rewritten extractRowInfo() and extractRedirRowInfo() a little
• Declared all private member variables explicitly

ApiQueryDeletedrevs.php:

• Use a pagemap just like in Backlinks
• Introduce fake page IDs and keep track of them so we know where to add what
  • This doesn't change the output format, because the fake page IDs start at 0 and are consecutive

ApiQueryAllmessages.php:

• Add amfrom to facilitate query-continue

ApiQueryUsers.php:

• Rewrite: put the getOtherUsersInfo() code in execute()