Re: length (lg) overflow

["Karim Belabas" <belabas@math.u-bordeaux1.fr>]

* buromano@rcn.com [2006-01-06 21:52]:
> I'm getting this message; length (lg) overflow,  using Dokchitser
> computel package  and can't seem to find a reference for it.  I image it
> relates to vector length.

PARI is trying to create a GEN object with length > 2^24 words [ e.g. a
vector with > 16777215 components ]

This is probably a sign of an inefficiency in computeL for your kind of
inputs, rather than a problem in PARI, but I would need a specific
testcase to be sure.

Hint: type 'trap' then trigger the problem and investigate within the
break loop the current values of the variables.

> Is  there any way to increase something to get around this?  Are there
> serious  penalties?

The easiest is to use a 64 bit machine. Another possiblity (if the
porblem indeed comes from large vectors) is to draw inspiration from

  http://www.math.u-bordeaux.fr/~belabas/pari/doc/faq.html#biggerlist

Cheers,

    Karim.
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