Re: Memory....

[Mario Storti]

Hi. I reproduced the same error as reported by Stef:

> I think I narrowed my problem (at last!) to the following:
>  when I do something like
> 
>   for i=1:1000000
>     eval("2;");
>   endfor
> 
> everything is O.K.
> 
> But, 
> 
>   for i=1:1000000
>     eval("[2];");
>   endfor
> 
> makes the Size bigger and bigger. Is this normal?
> Shouldn't I use eval this way?
> 
> If you still need a bug-report, I will try to send you one.
> 
> Sorry for the trouble, thanks for the help.
>  
> Stef.

Configuration: Linux Red Hat 3.0.3 (Kernel 1.2.13) on a Pentium
i586. Octave 2.0.9 (binary downloaded from
ftp://ftp.che.wisc.edu/pub/octave).

For instance, running this:

::  octave:2> for i=1:10000
::  > eval("2;");
::  > endfor

keeps the size of the octave process low:

::  address@hidden mstorti]$ ps -alw | grep octave
::    0   502  3847  3846  13  0  793 1680 1933ef     S <  pp1   2:27 octave
                                  ^^^ ^^^^

but this:

::  octave:3> for i=1:10000
::  > eval("[2];");
::  > endfor


makes the process grow:

::  address@hidden mstorti]$ ps -alw | grep octave
::    0   502  3847  3846  28  0 1937 2836 1933ef     S <  pp1   2:43 octave
                                 ^^^^^^^^^
Mario

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