[Ecls-list] Maximum Memory Size in ECL?

[Jean-Claude Beaudoin]

After some extensive source code browsing I finally understood the role
of the  ECL_OPT_HEAP_SIZE enum and of its associated hard-coded default
value
of 128 Meg in vector "option_values".

In the current state of the code there is indeed a hard-coded upper limit on
the total
memory ECL can use.  It is basically 128 Meg of heap space plus a few other
Megs
of private (probably static) space.  If one recompiles with a different
value in the
proper entry of "option_values" the then resulting instance of ECL will use
the newly
provided value as its limit.

Is there any reason for "option_values" not to be accessible from some
command line
argument?  Is this simply that the code for that never got completed? The
"option_values"
vector seems such a natural thing to control through command  line
arguments...

Cheers,

Jean-Claude Beaudoin


On Thu, Apr 9, 2009 at 5:19 PM, Jean-Claude Beaudoin <
jean.claude.beaudoin at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hello,
>
> Can someone tell me how to control the maximum memory size of ECL?  It
> seems to be hard coded at 132 Meg and that is quite too small for my taste
> on a machine with 4 Gig!
>
> I suspect that I need to modify some constant in a ".h" file and recompile.
> Is that it?
>
> Cheers,
>
> Jean-Claude Beaudoin
>
>
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