If sac2c runs out of main memory, things just get worse!

Bugzilla Link	260
Created on	Aug 05, 2006 22:15
Resolution	FIXED
Resolved on	Aug 07, 2006 15:57
Version	1.00beta
OS	Linux
Architecture	PC

Extended Description

If sac2c runs out memory, as it does when I try to compile shallow.sac
on a machine w/ 1.5GB main memory (while a few other things are happening),
I get this:
ABORT: System failure while trying to execute shell command.
ABORT: (e.g. out of memory).
*** Compilation failed ***
*** Exit code 6 (Running type inference system)
*** 15845 Error(s), 0 Warning(s)
over and over and over again! 
As much as I appreciate sac2c's diligence in attempting to retry after
such a fault, things get worse, because the loop never terminates.
So, EVENTUALLY, the session log fills up the hard drive. Then things
get really bad!
I'd suggest giving up after about a 100 repeated 
failures of this sort. Or maybe just 3.