limit memory allocation

Is there a way to specify the maximum amount of memory an application is allowed to allocate... either programmatically or otherwise?

under linux you have the 'limit' command (per shell session as far as I remeber).
Don't know if you have something like that under windows.

Could you give example usage? When I type
> man limit

for example on my Linux I don't get anything... is it a different command?

Thanks.

so its not installed on your system.
Install it.
I am sure it will be in your package manager.
http://www.nada.kth.se/cgi-bin/man?p...s=1&ss=&M=&f=y

I think it should be "ulimit".

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limit, ulimit, unlimit - set or get limitations on the sys-
tem resources available to the current shell and its descen-
dents

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:)
No the message is not too short.

"ulimit" is builtin into bash, so you don't need any packages to use it ;)

I stand corrected! :)

Do you think I could use

void QThread::setStackSize ( uint stackSize )

to limit the available memory in a cross-platform application?

But I'm worried about using, say, stackSize = 10 MB for an unsigned integer...

What does "stackSize" precisely mean anyway?

P.S. -- Great site!

No, this will only limit the stack, whereas most of the memory is usually allocated on heap.

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What does "stackSize" precisely mean anyway?

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Well, just as it is named - the stack size.
You might want to read about heap and stack.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heap_%28programming%29
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stack_frame