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

I'm saying you got that message because your program allocated too much.

Robby

On 2/19/09, Carl Eastlund <cce at ccs.neu.edu> wrote:
> 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
>