From bug-octave-request at bevo dot che dot wisc dot edu  Thu Sep 14 14:06:59 1995
Subject: Crash on memory full
From: John Eaton <jwe at bevo dot che dot wisc dot edu>
To: Eyal Doron <doron at goofy dot mpi-hd dot mpg dot de>
Cc: bug-octave at che dot utexas dot edu
Date: Thu, 14 Sep 1995 14:06:43 -0500

Eyal Doron <doron at goofy dot mpi-hd dot mpg dot de> wrote:

: Octave crashes if virtual memory is exhausted.
: Any possibility to trap this and abort just the current calculation?

Try this patch:

*** src/sighandlers.cc~	1995/09/07 07:19:58
--- src/sighandlers.cc	1995/09/14 19:04:35
***************
*** 64,71 ****
  static void
  octave_new_handler (void)
  {
!   error ("new: virtual memory exhausted -- stopping myself");
!   clean_up_and_exit (1);
  }
  
  static RETSIGTYPE
--- 64,78 ----
  static void
  octave_new_handler (void)
  {
!   error ("memory exhausted -- trying to return to prompt");
! 
!   if (can_interrupt)
!     {
!       jump_to_top_level ();
!       panic_impossible ();
!     }
!   else
!     my_friendly_exit ("operator new", 1);
  }
  
  static RETSIGTYPE