[plt-dev] "The PLT Virtual Machine is out of memory. Aborting."

There are two notions of out of memory... there's the case where the
computer is literally out of memory, and there is the case where
DrScheme has hit the artificial limit imposed by the "Scheme > Limit
Memory ..." menu option.  When DrScheme hits the artificial limit, it
offers the user the chance to raise the memory limit.  I have no such
artificial limit set, and DrScheme offered no such option.

I thought you were saying that my error likely came from check syntax
because otherwise I would have hit an artificial limit earlier and
been offered the chance to raise the limit.  I was saying that I don't
have that limit set, so I can run out of memory completely even from
the regular "run" button.

If that's not what you were getting at, now I'm confused about what
you were saying.

--Carl

On Thu, Feb 19, 2009 at 6:11 PM, Robby Findler
<robby at eecs.northwestern.edu> wrote:
> That is the out of memory message no ...? I'm confused.
>
> On 2/19/09, Carl Eastlund <cce at ccs.neu.edu> wrote:
>> I have memory limits turned off anyway, because it used to be that if
>> I ran something that triggered a planet package install the memory
>> limit would crash the install and leave my planet cache in a bad
>> state.  It may be that's no longer the case, and I should put the
>> memory limit back on.  Nevertheless, since I run with unlimited
>> memory, the fact that I ran out before I hit an artificial limit
>> doesn't indicate where the bug happened.
>>
>> --Carl
>>
>> On Thu, Feb 19, 2009 at 4:34 PM, Robby Findler
>> <robby at eecs.northwestern.edu> wrote:
>>> I asked because check syntax doesn't install memory limits when it
>>> runs, only run does. Perhaps your tool is doing the same thing?
>>>
>>> Robby
>>>
>>> On Thu, Feb 19, 2009 at 2:58 PM, Carl Eastlund <cce at ccs.neu.edu> wrote:
>>>> No, though I might have just triggered the theorem prover, which uses
>>>> the same hook to compile the program as check syntax
>>>> (drscheme:eval:expand-program), if that's relevant.
>>>>
>>>> --Carl
>>>>
>>>> On Thu, Feb 19, 2009 at 3:32 PM, Robby Findler
>>>> <robby at eecs.northwestern.edu> wrote:
>>>>> Were you running check syntax?
>>>>>
>>>>> Robby
>>>>>
>>>>> On Thu, Feb 19, 2009 at 2:28 PM, Carl Eastlund <cce at ccs.neu.edu> wrote:
>>>>>> DrScheme gave me the error message in the subject -- I wish I had
>>>>>> copied or screenshotted it, but I was so surprised to see it I just
>>>>>> clicked "OK" to see what it would do, so I may have the wording
>>>>>> slightly wrong.  Anyway, DrScheme promptly crashed (and Mac OS gave me
>>>>>> to "quit unexpectedly dialog") when I hit "OK".
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I don't recall doing anything intensive when that happened, I was just
>>>>>> running a program I had run before (in Dracula).  Anyone know what
>>>>>> might have happened, or what further information I should look for to
>>>>>> help diagnose this?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> --
>>>>>> Carl Eastlund