Re: [Blitz-support] Memory allocation error with blitz

[Patrik J. <pa...@uc...>]

Anirban Banerjee wrote:
> Hello everyone,
>                       Newbie here :) . I'm trying to create a 4D array
> with 151X151X151X151 float elements. When I run the code, I get an
> error, and using gdb I see the following messages.
>
> I'm using Array <float, 4> ford(151,151,151,151); to declare the
> array. I'm not doing anything fancy after this. But the execution
> stops when it hits this declaration. I think its possibly a memory
> allocation error. If anyone has come across something similar, cold
> you please let me have a pointer as to how to get around this problem.
> Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Hi Anirban,

get more memory or reduce the array size. This array will have 500
million elements at 4 bytes each which adds up to roughly 2GB of memory.
So unless you have >>2GB memory on your system, you will get a bad_alloc.=


cheers,

/Patrik