[Numpy-discussion] MemoryError: can't allocate memory for array

Hi,

I'm using Numerical Python 24 beta 2 with python 2.4.1 on Fedora Core 2 and get a memory error when I try to allocate a large array of float, though the system isn't swapping and there's memory available when I do a free.

from Numeric import * w=zeros((3000,3,3000,3),Float)

Traceback (most recent call last): File "<stdin>", line 1, in ? MemoryError: can't allocate memory for array

I've verified using malloc that I can allocate upto 1GB of memory. I get the same error using numarray-1.3.2 instead of numeric.

Is there any way of finding out why this error occurs ?

Thanks, Vasisht

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