Hello, this is probably something silly which I am doing, but I cannot understand why this allocation is not happening.
Here is a my C code which tries to allocate a list of size 333559, and then a matrix of size 8*333559 I thought I might be running into memory problems, but R is not even using that much (I start R with more memory and it stays constant) Also, I start R as I normally do and I allocate a matrix of that size and it returns instantly, so I am inclined to think that this is not a memory/GC issue, but I submit it may be. <code> int numHits = seq.GetNumberHits(); Rprintf("numHits:%d\n", numHits); Rprintf("before allocation...\n"); SEXP oligos, matrix; PROTECT(oligos = NEW_LIST(numHits)); Rprintf("allocated oligo list...\n"); PROTECT(matrix = NEW_INTEGER(numHits*8)); Rprintf("entering looop...\n"); <output> entering sequence loop. numHits:333559 before allocation... allocated oligo list... It hangs here everytime (never printing "entering loop..." - i have waited like 10 minutes). If I remove the 8 then it completes. Essentially I want to allocate a vector of that length and then dimension it into a matrix, but I cannot see why this does not work. debian 2.6 R 2.1.0 Thanks as always for any insight. jim ______________________________________________ R-devel@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-devel