Huge C static memory allocation

[Enrico Maria Giordano]

How can I successful compile the following sample using BCC?

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char Array[ 68000000 ][ 5 ];


int main()
{
    return 0;
}

I get the followin error message:

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Fatal: Out of memory

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[Antonio Linares]

Enrico,

Why don't you allocate memory dinamically in runtime using hb_xgrab() ?

It is the right way to do it or you run out of stack memory

[Enrico Maria Giordano]

Antonio,

I know about dynamic allocation but I asked specifically for static allocation that doesn't use heap or stack.

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[Antonio Linares]

I guess that you may have found a Borland bug

[Enrico Maria Giordano]

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[Antonio Linares]

You could try it with Visual C++ and see what happens

[Enrico Maria Giordano]

Antonio,

I've already tried with another C compiler and got no error message.

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[Antonio Linares]

Then it confirms it is a Borland bug

Anyhow I don't see it as dangerous one for the apps