Re: FAST_ARRAY and allocation

j-c.taveau wrote:
> I was wondering if there is a way to avoid a crash with 'No
> more memory' message when the memory allocation of a
> FAST_ARRAY is too large. I tried to catch an exception with
> 'rescue' unsuccessfully.
I have just tried (look the attached file).

At run time, i get:
     $ compile xx
     $ ./a.out
     No more memory: the stack trace may be truncated.
     size = 268435456
     $ compile -boost xx
     $ ./a.out
     size = 268435456

So, at least on my example, everything is ok.
> Thanking you in advance,
> 
> Jean-Christophe Taveau.
Hope this help,
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class XX

creation {ANY}
	make

feature {ANY}
	make is
		local
			rescue_flag: BOOLEAN; size: INTEGER; big_one: FAST_ARRAY[INTEGER]
		do
			if rescue_flag then
				io.put_string("size = " + size.to_string + "%N")
			else
				from
					size := 1
				until
					False
				loop
					size := size * 2
					create big_one.make(size)
				end
			end
		rescue
			rescue_flag := True
			retry
		end

end