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Spontaneous clearing of variables and functions in v10

Posted 11 years ago

Having a new problem with v10 that I never had in v9:

When I run an evaluation that is computationally intensive, the evaluation will fail and all defined variables and functions will clear. Here's an example:

I define my variables and functions:

scale = 0.09;
c = GoldenRatio;
vee = 2;
d = 1;
n = 25;
groovewidth = 0.014;
groovedepth = 0.014;
plotpts = 175;
maxrecurs = 0;
minshellthickness = 0.02;

CurveA[i_] := 
 ParametricPlot3D[{scale c Cosh[s/c] Cos[s + (i - 1) (2 Pi)/n] + (
     Sqrt[2] d Cos[s + (i - 1) (2 Pi)/n] Cosh[s/c])/Sqrt[
     Cosh[s/c]^2 (-1 + 2 d^2 + Cosh[(2 s)/c])] t, 
   scale c Cosh[s/c] Sin[s + (i - 1) (2 Pi)/n] + (
     Sqrt[2] d Cosh[s/c] Sin[s + (i - 1) (2 Pi)/n])/Sqrt[
     Cosh[s/c]^2 (-1 + 2 d^2 + Cosh[(2 s)/c])] t, 
   scale d s - 
    Sinh[(2 s)/c]/(
     Sqrt[2] Sqrt[Cosh[s/c]^2 (-1 + 2 d^2 + Cosh[(2 s)/c])])
      t}, {s, -vee Pi - 0.03, vee Pi + 0.03}, {t, -0.06, 0}, 
  PlotStyle -> Thickness[groovewidth], Mesh -> None, 
  MaxRecursion -> maxrecurs, PlotPoints -> plotpts]

This next input works fine the first time:

Export["CurveAseg16.stl", CurveA[16]]

The next one I try, however, will always fail and clear everything.

Export["CurveAseg17.stl", CurveA[17]]

It will work if I go back and redefine everything, but I cannot run several evaluations, one after the other, without the variables and functions clearing spontaneously. Possible cause?

POSTED BY: Bryan Lettner
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Posted 11 years ago

Update:

Activity Monitor shows two instances of "MathKernel". During evaluation, one is using 100.1% CPU and between 160-350 MB real memory, and the other is using 0.3% CPU and 65 MB real memory. I'm not really sure how to interpret this or what problems it may indicate.

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Here is the code I am using to perform multiple exports in succession (kernal typically quits after 1 export):

Do[Export[StringJoin["CurveAseg", ToString[i, InputForm], ".stl"], 
      CurveA[i]], {i, 1, 64}]
POSTED BY: Bryan Lettner

This is normal. Since v9 there's a second kernel run for the private use of the front end.

POSTED BY: Szabolcs Horvát
Posted 11 years ago

I see. Any ideas why it might be quitting?

POSTED BY: Bryan Lettner

I don't know. It's clearly crashing. You should report this to wolfram support.

An additional data point:

I can reproduce the crash using your exact code on OS X 10.9.4 (Mathematica 10.0.0).

POSTED BY: Szabolcs Horvát
Posted 11 years ago

Thanks Craig.
I'm running Mac OSX 10.6.8

I tried $HistoryLength = 0 to no avail.

Do[Print[i]; Print[Timing[tmp = CurveA[i];]], {i, 1, 50}]

killed the kernel at the 2nd iteration for me the first time, then at the 11th iteration the second time.

Any other ideas for a temporary workaround? Maybe a way to revert to v9 temporarily? I'm now having to babysit code for several hours, whereas i could let it run and leave the computer when I was using v9. Any comments from the Wolfram Team on whether it's a bug and any plans for a fix?

POSTED BY: Bryan Lettner
POSTED BY: W. Craig Carter
POSTED BY: W. Craig Carter
Posted 11 years ago

Thank you both, that sounds right. Is it safe to say that v10 uses more memory than v9 in some situations? Is there anything I should disable to make it use less memory?

POSTED BY: Bryan Lettner

Hi,

I cannot reproduce that with Bryan's code either, but I have observed a similar behaviour in some notebooks myself. I also believe that the kernel quits.

Cheers, M.

POSTED BY: Marco Thiel
Posted 11 years ago

Hi Bryan,

I'm afraid I can't reproduce your problem, both Export statements evaluate just fine for me (Mathematica 10 on a Windows 7 machine). However, if I were to guess, I'd say that what you're seeing is not a mysterious clearing of variables, but a quitting and restarting of the Kernel. That can happen e.g. when a computation exhausts resources (like memory), so maybe your problem is hiding somewhere in that general direction... But since I don't even see the error, that's obviously just a blind guess.

POSTED BY: Bianca Eifert
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