# HG changeset patch
# User jwe
# Date 811105224 0
# Node ID a45089a6ea412deb2939a9c67570ab458ef89647
# Parent  a771d1785c2a3f1f2fbf8ca737668d0a9ce19c76
[project @ 1995-09-14 19:00:24 by jwe]

diff -r a771d1785c2a -r a45089a6ea41 src/sighandlers.cc
--- a/src/sighandlers.cc	Thu Sep 14 09:36:42 1995 +0000
+++ b/src/sighandlers.cc	Thu Sep 14 19:00:24 1995 +0000
@@ -64,8 +64,15 @@
 static void
 octave_new_handler (void)
 {
-  error ("new: virtual memory exhausted -- stopping myself");
-  clean_up_and_exit (1);
+  error ("memory exhausted -- trying to return to prompt");
+
+  if (can_interrupt)
+    {
+      jump_to_top_level ();
+      panic_impossible ();
+    }
+  else
+    clean_up_and_exit (1);
 }
 
 static RETSIGTYPE
@@ -130,7 +137,7 @@
 
   signal (SIGFPE, sigfpe_handler);
 
-  error ("floating point exception -- trying to continue");
+  error ("floating point exception -- trying to return to prompt");
 
   if (can_interrupt)
     {