Purpose of "query.dictionary.overflow.threshold" property

Hello,
I came across one parameter "query.dictionary.overflow.threshold". What exactly is the purpose of setting this property?
Thanks

When a read query generates new RDF terms, eg IRIs or literals, which do not exist in the database (for example using BIND(function(..) as ?var) constructs), they're assigned a 64bit identifier. The mapping between such terms and their IDs is stored in a in-memory dictionary during query processing. When/if the number of such terms exceeds this parameter's value, they are moved to a special data structure which can spill them further to disk to save memory.

That special data structure makes the server less prone to OOM errors but is generally slower than on-heap dictionary, so increasing this value can help when speed is prioritised over resilience.

Best,
Pavel

Got your point. Thanks Pavel

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