[SciPy-dev] scipy.sparse crashes

[Nathan Bell]

On Wed, Nov 12, 2008 at 10:22 AM, Uwe Schmitt <uschmitt at mineway.de> wrote:
>
> are there any known issues concerning crashes in  scipy.sparse ?
> The Python interpreter crashes if I have huge sparse matrices,
> but I am not able to reproduce this problem (at least now).
>
> As my matrix is about 260MB I can not post it here, and even
> providing a download is difficult.
>

The only known crash is with scipy.linsolve on some singular matrices.
 You'll need to provide us with more specific information before we
can diagnose the problem or tell you if it has been fixed.  The size
of your matrix is not itself a problem in scipy.sparse.

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