Lua runs out of memory -

i've written complicated lua script uses lua sockets library. reads list of files disk, sorts them date , sends them http process. number of files on disk around 65k.the memory usage in taskmanager doesn't exceed 200mb.

after quite while script returns:

lua: not enough memory 

i print out current gc count @ points , never goes above 110mb

local freemem = collectgarbage('count'); print("gc count : " .. freemem/1024 .. " mb"); 

this on 32 bit windows machine.

what's best way diagnose this?

all memory goes through single lua_alloc function. takes form of:

typedef void* (*lua_alloc) (void* ud, void* ptr, size_t oszie, size_t nsize); 

all allocations, reallocations , frees go through this. documentation can found @ this web page. can write own track memory operations. example,

void* myalloc (void* ud, void* ptr, size_t osize, size_t nsize) {     (void)ud; (void)osize;   // not used     if (nsize == 0)     {         free(ptr)         tracksubtract(osize);         return null;     }     else     {         void* p = realloc(ptr,nsize);         tracksubtract(osize);         if (p) trackadd(nsize);         return p;     } } 

you can write trackadd() , tracksubtract() functions whatever want: output log; adjust counter , on.

to use new function pass pointer when create lua state:

lua_state* l = lua_newstate(&myalloc,0); 

the documentation lua_newstate found here.

good luck.