"Out of Memory" error during Borland C++ 5.02 compile

[schears]

Why?
Running on windows 2000 with all updates, 2G Memory, 117G Hard Drive
space available.

This was not an issue until I added some code to two of my c files.
Any suggestions?
Thanks

[Keith Thompson]

jacob navia <ja***@jacob.re mcomp.fr> writes:

Peter Nilsson wrote:

Keith Thompson wrote:

... There is no C construct that would be expected to cause a
compiler to run out of memory (unless it's just an incredibly
huge program, ... It doesn't have to be 'incredibly huge'. The following 21 lines
crashes my port of gcc...
#define BC1(p) p,1+p
#define BC2(p) BC1(p),BC1(1+p)
#define BC3(p) BC2(p),BC2(1+p)
#define BC4(p) BC3(p),BC3(1+p)
#define BC5(p) BC4(p),BC4(1+p)
#define BC6(p) BC5(p),BC5(1+p)
#define BC7(p) BC6(p),BC6(1+p)
#define BC8(p) BC7(p),BC7(1+p)
#define BC9(p) BC8(p),BC8(1+p)
#define BC10(p) BC9(p),BC9(1+p)
#define BC11(p) BC10(p),BC10(1+ p)
#define BC12(p) BC11(p),BC11(1+ p)
#define BC13(p) BC12(p),BC12(1+ p)
#define BC14(p) BC13(p),BC13(1+ p)
#define BC15(p) BC14(p),BC14(1+ p)
#define BC16(p) BC15(p),BC15(1+ p)
#define BC17(p) BC16(p),BC16(1+ p)
#define BC18(p) BC17(p),BC17(1+ p)
#define BC19(p) BC18(p),BC18(1+ p)
#define BC20(p) BC19(p),BC19(1+ p)
unsigned char bc[] = { BC20(0) };

"It doesn't to be incredible huge???????"

The expansion of that makes lcc-win32 use more than 1GB
RAM.

[...]

No, it doesn't have to be incredibly huge. That 1GB of RAM was
consumed while compiling just 21 lines of C source. It doesn't become
"incredibly huge" until it reaches the compiler's internals
(presumably the preprocessor).

The C construct in question is the above 21 lines, not whatever the
preprocessor generates internally.

(And yes, that means there's a case I missed in my previous remarks,
but I doubt that this is related to the OP's problem.)
Please turn on your brain before complaining...

Who was complaining, and whose brain needs to be turned on?

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