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From: "(see below)" <yaldnif.b@blueyonder.co.uk>
Subject: Re: Large arrays (again), problem case for GNAT
Date: Thu, 14 Apr 2005 15:40:06 +0100
Date: 2005-04-14T15:40:06+01:00	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <BE843F56.C2291%yaldnif.b@blueyonder.co.uk> (raw)
In-Reply-To: pan.2005.04.14.14.09.18.977493@linuxchip.demon.co.uk.uk.uk

On 14/4/05 3:09 pm, in article
pan.2005.04.14.14.09.18.977493@linuxchip.demon.co.uk.uk.uk,
"Dr. Adrian Wrigley" <amtw@linuxchip.demon.co.uk.uk.uk> wrote:

> 
> You need to write something to *every* machine page to make sure
> real memory is allocated.  If there isn't enough memory, you
> probably can't do anything about it (can you trap this at all?).
> But at least it fails early, rather than at a random point much later.

Indeed, and after the program had undertaken costly operations that
might be even more costly to revert, if that were even possible.

-- 
Bill Findlay
<surname><forename> chez blueyonder.co.uk




  reply	other threads:[~2005-04-14 14:40 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 40+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2005-04-13 12:46 Large arrays (again), problem case for GNAT Dr. Adrian Wrigley
2005-04-13 13:10 ` Larry Kilgallen
2005-04-13 13:24   ` Alex R. Mosteo
2005-04-13 13:31   ` Marc A. Criley
2005-04-13 19:52 ` Jeffrey Carter
2005-04-13 19:54 ` Randy Brukardt
2005-04-13 22:01   ` (see below)
2005-04-14  0:16     ` Robert A Duff
2005-04-14  1:11       ` Alexander E. Kopilovich
2005-04-14  7:29         ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2005-04-14  7:45           ` Duncan Sands
     [not found]           ` <1113464720.9829.20.camel@localhost.localdomain>
2005-04-14 13:59             ` Marius Amado Alves
2005-04-14 14:09               ` Dr. Adrian Wrigley
2005-04-14 14:40                 ` (see below) [this message]
     [not found]             ` <389d1596e98f95f0fdddc40afc0647b7@netcabo.pt>
2005-04-14 14:14               ` Duncan Sands
2005-04-14 15:18         ` Robert A Duff
2005-04-14 15:24           ` Robert A Duff
2005-04-15  5:21             ` Randy Brukardt
2005-04-15 11:49               ` Dr. Adrian Wrigley
2005-04-15 13:21                 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2005-04-15 14:31                   ` Dr. Adrian Wrigley
2005-04-15 14:57                     ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2005-04-14 15:39           ` Dr. Adrian Wrigley
2005-04-14 15:48           ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2005-04-14 21:19             ` Robert A Duff
2005-04-15  8:23               ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2005-04-15  8:38                 ` Duncan Sands
2005-04-15  9:16                   ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2005-04-15 18:30               ` Mark Lorenzen
2005-04-15 19:06                 ` Robert A Duff
     [not found]       ` <iSSDSN2L04G1@VB1162.spb.edu>
2005-04-14  7:34         ` Duncan Sands
2005-04-13 22:35 ` Robert A Duff
2005-04-14 11:40   ` Dr. Adrian Wrigley
2005-04-14 10:44 ` Dr. Adrian Wrigley
2005-04-14 15:03   ` Robert A Duff
2005-04-14 16:46     ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2005-04-14 18:30       ` Pascal Obry
2005-04-14 19:45         ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
  -- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2005-04-13 13:52 Duncan Sands
2005-04-13 14:20 ` Dr. Adrian Wrigley
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