[Numpy-discussion] matplotlib and numpy cause MemoryError

[Mathew Yeates]

The value of dims is constant and not particularly large. I also checked to
make sure I wasn't running out of memory. Are there other reasons for this
error?

Mathew

On Wed, Nov 18, 2009 at 1:51 PM, Robert Kern <robert.kern at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Wed, Nov 18, 2009 at 15:48, Mathew Yeates <mat.yeates at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Hi
> >
> > I have a line of matplotlib code
> >
> > -self.ax.plot(plot_data,mif)
> >
> >
> >
> > that causes the line
> >
> > -self.data=numpy.zeros(shape=dims)
> >
> >
> >
> > to throw a MemoryError exception.
> >
> > (if I comment out the first line I get no error.)
> >
> > This is on a windows xp machine with latest numpy and the latest
> matplotlib.
> >
> >
> >
> > I have a feeling this may be a nightmare to figure out what matplotlib
> > and/or numpy are doing wrong. Any ideas where I can start?
>
> Print out dims just before the second line to make sure that it is
> reasonable. A MemoryError is raised when numpy cannot allocate enough
> memory on your system. If dims is too large for some reason, you could
> run into that limit. It might be because what you are trying to plot
> is simply too large or there might possibly (but unlikely) be a bug
> that is miscalculating dims.
>
> --
> Robert Kern
>
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