why must we live with memory crashes?

[shadowphile]

ie why can’t Blender code gracefully withdraw an operation when a memory allocation returns a nil?

[superx10]

The short answer is that it’s probably not that simple of an issue.

[theeth]

The long answer is that the reason for the allocation failure is unknowable and that such a situation is not easily recoverable (if at all).

Martin

[RobCozzens]

The long answer is that the reason for the allocation failure is unknowable and that such a situation is not easily recoverable (if at all).
Martin

That’s the ‘long’ answer!? What’s the short answer: “Because.”?