[Octave-bug-tracker] [bug #60059] Octave GUI or CLI crash when oversized array declared instead of error

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URL:
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                 Summary: Octave GUI or CLI crash when oversized array
declared instead of error
                 Project: GNU Octave
            Submitted by: None
            Submitted on: Sun 14 Feb 2021 10:46:59 PM UTC
                Category: None
                Severity: 3 - Normal
                Priority: 5 - Normal
              Item Group: Segfault, Bus Error, etc.
                  Status: None
             Assigned to: None
         Originator Name: rlcross
        Originator Email: 
             Open/Closed: Open
                 Release: 6.1.0
         Discussion Lock: Any
        Operating System: Microsoft Windows

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Details:


In GNU Octave 6.1.0 instead of issuing a error for an oversized array, both
the GUI and the CLI versions crash.

Example:


a = zeros(2^20);


Crashes immediately on version 6.1.0

However on version 5.1.0 the following error is displayed:

>> a = zeros(2^20);
error: out of memory or dimension too large for Octave's index type
>>

Other details:  
    Running Windows 10, happens on two different computers (laptop and
desktop) -- did not try on Linux due to difficulty of finding 6.1.0 for Linux





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