Re: [Gretl-devel] Out of memory error in versions >= 2017b

On Tue, 13 Jun 2017, Sven Schreiber wrote: > there seems to be a change in Gretl 2017b that leads to failure of the > comprehensive estimation and test script which is available at: > > http://www.boeckler.de/pdf/p_imk_study_54_2017_replikation.zip > > This replication script runs fine on Gretl 2017a but fails with an out > of memory error in 2017b and the latest snapshot (or, as Artur tells > me, with recent git on Linux). > > Could this be a new gretl bug? Is there a workaround for 2017b? Yes, a bug. It's now fixed in git and snapshots. There is a workaround for the 2017b release. The trouble arose from repeated assignment of a constant string to a bundle in a loop, as in loop N bundle b = null b.str = "foo" endloop Works the first time, then fails. But if you substitute b.str = sprintf("foo") it works OK. Just to be clear, this hack is not required with current git/snapshot. Allin