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Useful information and projects are listed below in the [[#See also|See also]] section. | |||
To determine the integer size of the BLAS library used by Octave, the following code can be executed: | To determine the integer size of the BLAS library used by Octave, the following code can be executed: | ||
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===Versions prior to Octave 4.4=== | ===Versions prior to Octave 4.4=== | ||
On previous versions of Octave, the default is that the size of a single Octave array cannot | On previous versions of Octave, the default is that the size of a single Octave array cannot have more than approximately 2^31 elements, even on systems that use 64-bit pointers. This is because array indices were limited to 32-bit signed integers by default. Trying to create one will produce the following error: | ||
<pre> | <pre> | ||
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You will obtain this error even if your system has enough RAM to create this array ( | You will obtain this error even if your system has enough RAM to create this array (3 GB in the above case). | ||
To use arrays with more than (approximately) <math>2^{31}</math> elements, Octave has to be configured with the option <code>--enable-64</code>. This option is experimental and you are (as always) encouraged to submit bug reports if you find a problem. | To use arrays with more than (approximately) <math>2^{31}</math> elements, Octave has to be configured with the option <code>--enable-64</code>. This option is experimental and you are (as always) encouraged to submit bug reports if you find a problem. | ||
With this option, Octave will use internally 64-bit integers for array dimensions and indexing. However, '''all numerical libraries''' used by Octave will need to use also 64-bit integers for array dimensions and indexing, and in most cases they need to be compiled from source. | With this option, Octave will use internally 64-bit integers for array dimensions and indexing. However, '''all numerical libraries''' used by Octave will need to use also 64-bit integers for array dimensions and indexing, and in most cases they need to be compiled from source. | ||
===See also=== | |||
* [https://octave.org/doc/interpreter/Compiling-Octave-with-64_002dbit-Indexing.html GNU Octave manual] -- Details on how to compile some of Octave's library dependencies for 64-bit indices. | |||
* [[MXE]] (M Cross Environment) which takes care to compile Octave's library dependencies for 64-bit indices. | |||
Two more lightweight solutions compared to [[MXE]] to compile Octave's library dependencies for 64-bit indices. | |||
* https://gitlab.com/mtmiller/octave-blas64-builder | |||
* https://github.com/octave-de/GNU-Octave-enable-64 | |||
[[Category:Building]] | [[Category:Building]] | ||