[Image-SIG] MemoryError. Please help !!

[Fredrik Lundh]

Joan Torres wrote:

>  I'm using PIL-1.1.3 with Python2.1 on a UNIX Solaris 2.6
>  Can anyone explain me the following error ?
>  What can I do?
> >>> from PIL import Image
> >>> Image.core.new('RGB',(3000,5000))
> Traceback (most recent call last):
>   File "<stdin>", line 1, in ?
> MemoryError
> >>> 

the error message means that your platform won't let you allocate
the ~60 megs needed to hold this image (PIL allocates four bytes
per pixel for RGB images).

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