Greetings! rorym...@gmail.com writes:
> I was using maxima and got an error like this (then I referred to gcl > documentation): > > [ > > Maxima encountered a Lisp error: > > Error in PROGN [or a callee]: The storage for CONS is exhausted. > Currently, 43968 pages are allocated. > Use ALLOCATE to expand the space. > > ]//end of error > > The maxima texinfo manual says to refer to the gcl documentation regarding > ALLOCATE or GBC. However, when I look up ALLOCATE in the gcl texinfo > manual, it doesn't really give the usage details (for allowable "types"), The allowable types are the symbols reported in the (room) report. Thanks for the recommendation to clarify the docs -- I'll try to get to this. > and furthermore when I type (ALLOCATE CONS 50000) in gcl, I get an error Try (allocate 'cons 50000), but this might be too much. You have a small buffer of expansion at this point. > saying "the variable CONS is unbound". I'm using gcl 2.6.7-62, and > gcl-doc (same version) in Debian stable, and the maxima version I'm using > is 5.21.1-2squeeze (in Debian stable). Another thing you can try, apart from recompiling with more space, is to escape to lisp: to_lisp(); then check the value of si::*optimize-maximum-pages*, MAXIMA> si::*optimize-maximum-pages* if T, then you can start a fresh maxima session, to_lisp();, then MAXIMA> (setq si::*optimize-maximum-pages* nil) MAXIMA> (to-maxima) an retry your calculation. This will be slower, but will minimize memory usage. Optionally, MAXIMA>(setq si::*notify-gbc* t) to monitor what is going on. Please let me know if problems persist. Take care, > > Thanks and regards, > Rory > > > _______________________________________________ > Gcl-devel mailing list > Gcl-devel@gnu.org > https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/gcl-devel > > > > -- Camm Maguire c...@maguirefamily.org ========================================================================== "The earth is but one country, and mankind its citizens." -- Baha'u'llah _______________________________________________ Gcl-devel mailing list Gcl-devel@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/gcl-devel
