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From: "Tom Kent" <tomkent AT iastate DOT edu>
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Subject: Re: Max array size
Date: Thu, 6 Dec 2001 13:08:02 -0600
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Thanks to all.  It works now.
I just have to run the command: stubedit finder.exe minstack=4194304
that makes the stack 4MB instead of 512KB

Thanks!
Tom Kent :-D

"Eli Zaretskii" <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il> wrote in message
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>
> On Wed, 5 Dec 2001, Tom Kent wrote:
>
> > I was wondering if there was any maximum array size is.  I've been
trying to
> > compile a program that has an array of floats with dimensions 10,000x16.
It
> > compiles fine, but then when i go to run it I get an error.
>
> Sounds like you are using an automatic array which is too large for
> the run-time stack.  See section 15.9 of the DJGPP FAQ list for a
> related discussion.
>
> > Because of this I was hypothesizing a potential limitation either with
this
> > compiler or with DOS.
>
> It's not a DOS limitation, it's a limitation of the DJGPP run-time
> environment: the stack is allocated in its entirety at startup, and
> cannot be expanded afterwards.  So the default stack size is not very
> large, only 512KB, so as not to punish ``normal'' programs with too
> large memory requirements.