Re: [Cython] [cython-users] C++: how to handle failures of 'new'?

2012-07-04 Thread Dag Sverre Seljebotn
Sturla Molden wrote: > > >Sendt fra min iPad > >Den 4. juli 2012 kl. 14:33 skrev Stefan Behnel : > >>> >>> Indeed. But how to tell? malloc a small buffer and see if it works? >> >> In the worst case, you'd get another memory error during cleanup and >it >> would keep rippling up the stack. >>

Re: [Cython] [cython-users] C++: how to handle failures of 'new'?

2012-07-04 Thread Sturla Molden
Sendt fra min iPad Den 4. juli 2012 kl. 14:33 skrev Stefan Behnel : >> >> Indeed. But how to tell? malloc a small buffer and see if it works? > > In the worst case, you'd get another memory error during cleanup and it > would keep rippling up the stack. > > Which is why I wrote 'malloc' in

Re: [Cython] [cython-users] C++: how to handle failures of 'new'?

2012-07-04 Thread Stefan Behnel
Sturla Molden, 04.07.2012 13:03: > Den 4. juli 2012 kl. 08:06 skrev Stefan Behnel: >> Also, the allocation may have failed on a larger block of memory, which is >> then unused when the exception gets raised and can be used by cleanup code. >> I really don't think the world is all that dark here. >

Re: [Cython] [cython-users] C++: how to handle failures of 'new'?

2012-07-04 Thread Sturla Molden
Den 4. juli 2012 kl. 08:06 skrev Stefan Behnel : > > > Also, the allocation may have failed on a larger block of memory, which is > then unused when the exception gets raised and can be used by cleanup code. > I really don't think the world is all that dark here. > > Indeed. But how to tel