# HG changeset patch
# User jwe
# Date 1051034568 0
# Node ID f8373733d8f956bae1432d0786f412bda2cef58a
# Parent  c77614c1c611f1fa0ecbaf5e101faf574a25841c
[project @ 2003-04-22 18:02:48 by jwe]

diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2003-04-22  John W. Eaton  <jwe@bevo.che.wisc.edu>
+
+	* configure.in (OCTAVE_LOCAL_BUFFER): Always allocate temporary
+	buffer using new.
+
 2003-04-18  John W. Eaton  <jwe@bevo.che.wisc.edu>
 
 	* Makefile.in octMakefile.in: Delete kpathsea targets.
diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
 ### 02111-1307, USA. 
 
 AC_INIT
-AC_REVISION($Revision: 1.424 $)
+AC_REVISION($Revision: 1.425 $)
 AC_PREREQ(2.52)
 AC_CONFIG_SRCDIR([src/octave.cc])
 AC_CONFIG_HEADER(config.h)
@@ -1389,14 +1389,16 @@
 #define OCTAVE_HAVE_SIG_JUMP
 #endif
 
+/* Always use new, since we sometimes allocate large chunks of memory
+   and that can cause trouble due to stack size limits.
 #if defined (HAVE_DYNAMIC_AUTO_ARRAYS)
 #define OCTAVE_LOCAL_BUFFER(T, buf, size) \
   T buf[size]
-#else
+#else */
 #define OCTAVE_LOCAL_BUFFER(T, buf, size) \
   std::auto_ptr<T> buf ## _auto_ptr (new T [size]); \
   T *buf = buf ## _auto_ptr.get ()
-#endif
+/* #endif */
 
 #if defined (__DECCXX)
 #define __USE_STD_IOSTREAM
diff --git a/src/ChangeLog b/src/ChangeLog
--- a/src/ChangeLog
+++ b/src/ChangeLog
@@ -1,8 +1,3 @@
-2003-04-22  John W. Eaton  <jwe@bevo.che.wisc.edu>
-
-	* load-save.cc (MAT5_DO_WRITE): Always allocate temporary buffer
-	using new.
-
 2003-04-18  John W. Eaton  <jwe@bevo.che.wisc.edu>
 
 	* toplev.cc (octave_config_info): Delete LIBKPATHSEA from struct.
diff --git a/src/load-save.cc b/src/load-save.cc
--- a/src/load-save.cc
+++ b/src/load-save.cc
@@ -4095,8 +4095,7 @@
 #define MAT5_DO_WRITE(TYPE, data, count, stream)			\
   do									\
     {									\
-      std::auto_ptr<TYPE> tmp_auto_ptr (new TYPE [count]);              \
-      TYPE *ptr = tmp_auto_ptr.get ();                                  \
+      OCTAVE_LOCAL_BUFFER (TYPE, ptr, count);                           \
       for (int i = 0; i < count; i++)					\
         ptr[i] = X_CAST (TYPE, data[i]);				\
       stream.write (X_CAST (char *, ptr), count * sizeof (TYPE));	\