Re: Max size of data in C++ prog?

[Jerome BENOIT <jgmbenoit@wanadoo.fr>]

Hello,

Nicholas Miller wrote:
> Marc Shapiro wrote:
>
> > Is there a maximum size to the data segment in a C++ program?  More 
> > specifically, I am trying to write a program with a very large array. 
> > The program compiles OK (since C/C++ do no bounds checking on arrays), 
> > but segfaults when I try to run it.  The limit seems to be at just 
> > under 8MB.  Is there a way to allocate more space for data?
>
>
>
> Are you using malloc()? From what I understand of C memory management 
> this should take care of that problem.

I encounter strange behaviour with malloc when I want huge arrays:
I have just noticed that GNOME LIBrary (glib-2.0) provides its own mallocs
(e.g., g_malloc) which work fine.

hth,
Jerome

PS: I am programming in C