AW: AW: WG: AW: error: memory exhausted or requested size too large for range of Octave's index type

[Oz Nahum Tiram]

 Date: Tue, 12 Apr 2011 14:20:28 +0100 (BST)
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> Von: Martin Helm <address@hidden>
> An: Robert McDonald <address@hidden>
> CC: Jordi Guti?rrez Hermoso <address@hidden>; Octave <address@hidden>
> Gesendet: Sonntag, den 10. April 2011, 16:18:12 Uhr
> Betreff: Re: AW: WG: AW: error: memory exhausted or requested size too large 
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> Am Samstag, den 09.04.2011, 17:15 -0500 schrieb Robert McDonald:
>> > I reduced it to the absolute minimum to get the error by saving the
> variables
>> > T and R
>> >
>> > load T
>> > load R
>> > plot(R, T(:,1), "-r", R, T(:,2), "-b")
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>> > gives the error on ubuntu 10.10 32bit (but not on my opensuse), can someone
>> > confirm? Since I am too tired now and cannot directly see the error I stop
>>with
>> > that at the moment.
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>> Wow, nice job creating a test case!
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>> I can confirm that your script *does* give the error on 10.04 32-bit.
>> It does *not* give the error on 10.04 64-bit.
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>> I just checked and Pyramide.m gives a different error on 64-bit 10.04,
>> causing a segfault. The preceding error is "warning: ft_render:
>> skipping missing glyph for character '?'"
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>> Bob
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>>I think the segfault you see is probably unrelated, I cannot see it with
>>64 bit openSUSE, so it seems to be something different.
>>The error for 32bit versions exists also on openSUSE 32bit, I made a
>>virtual machine for it and tested quickly with the octave 3.4 from the
>>packman repository and then with one I compiled myself, so it is not
>>ubuntu specific.
>>It is clear that this has nothing to do with memory (the matrices are a
>>few kilobyte in size and the plot command is invoked on ridiculous small
>>vectors).
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>>I will try to find out where this message really comes from. But I have
>>to say that I am really not good in understanding the source code of the
>>plot internals.
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> Hey there
> after all I am confused. Is it true, that the error "memory exhausted..." is 
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> to an bug?
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I join the qeustion, I get the same error with out understanding why.
would be happy to hear.

Thanks in advance,

Oz

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