Re: "not enough memory" message misleading

[Bill Allombert <Bill.Allombert@math.u-bordeaux.fr>]

On Wed, Jan 15, 2014 at 11:38:42PM +0100, Jeroen Demeyer wrote:
> In pari_init_stack(), the message
> 
> ***   Warning: not enough memory, new stack X
> 
> is produced when malloc() failed to allocate X bytes, but I find
> that confusing: it sounds like X bytes were successfully allocated
> (after a previous failed allocation).

It is an historical bug, it was supposed to say:
***   Warning: not enough memory, new stack X/2

So instead of 
? allocatemem(30000000000)
  ***   Warning: not enough memory, new stack 30000000000.
  ***   Warning: new stack size = 15000000000 (14305.115 Mbytes).

It should say:

? allocatemem(30000000000)
  ***   Warning: not enough memory, new stack 15000000000.
  ***   Warning: new stack size = 15000000000 (14305.115 Mbytes).

Cheers,
Bill.