Re: [cdt-dev] Memory usage

[Andrew Haley <aph@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

turnham@xxxxxxxxxx writes:

 > Yes this is a known issue...The quick answer to your question is that Yes
 > there is a way to control how much memory the parser uses.  If you
 > "right-click" on your project and choose "Properties", one of the available
 > options is "Parse Quality".  By default this is set to the Maximum, but
 > moving the slider to the left will decrease the amount of work the parser
 > does and the information it stores.  Of course changing the parse quality
 > will affect the depth of information provided.  (You'll have to remove your
 > project's parse information and re-parse for the change to take effect).
 > 
 > At the "highest" setting the parser does (or tries to do) a relatively
 > complete job of parsing right down to the statement\identifier level and
 > creates references such as "variable uses", "function callees\callers",
 > etc.  At the "lowest" setting the parser will only show the highest level
 > objects (classes, functions, etc).

Right, I see.  Perhaps the thing to do would be to generate a prompt
that says

"You have run out of memory while trying to parse this object.  

You might be able to complete the parse by reducing the parse depth.
See <http://foo.bar.barf>"

Thanks for the prompt reply.

Andrew.