PL/SQL: numeric or value error: host bind array too small

I was getting this error today when i was debugging one bug in my code. On goggling i found that this is related to the dbms_output package that is being called in my code. The error turns out to be that when dbms_output.put_line proc is execute with a parameter whose length is more than 255 characters then the below error is generated.

SQL> exec dbms_output.put_line('123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678
90123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678
90123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678
9012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890');

ERROR:
ORA-06502: PL/SQL: numeric or value error: host bind array too small
ORA-06512: at line 1


So when ever you execute dbms_output take care to see that the parameter is not more than 255 chanracter. I ran this on Oracle Database 10g Enterprise Edition Release 10.2.0.3.0.