fixes #8509 disable 4GB allocating test on windows that crashed appve…

…yor (#8510)
nim-lang · Aug 2, 2018 · 9a390d6 · 9a390d6
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diff --git a/tests/fragmentation/tfragment_alloc.nim b/tests/fragmentation/tfragment_alloc.nim
@@ -16,9 +16,12 @@ proc main =
     dealloc p
  #   c_fprintf(stdout, "iteration: %ld size: %ld\n", i, size)
   when defined(cpu64):
-    # bug #7120
-    var x = alloc(((1 shl 29) - 4) * 8)
-    dealloc x
+    # see https://github.com/nim-lang/Nim/issues/8509
+    # this often made appveyor (on windows) fail with out of memory
+    when defined(posix):
+      # bug #7120
+      var x = alloc(((1 shl 29) - 4) * 8)
+      dealloc x
 
 main()