rast(array(1)) uses entire system memory

[andreimirt]

obviously, array(1) was not my real data, but when trying to use an array to create a SpatRaster, it tried to use the entire system memory, and the entire pagefile. (128GB x 2)
Interestingly enough, it didn't crash the system, as the memory went down, and then up again.
I am running windows 10, R 4.3.1, and terra 1.7.39
Code to reproduce is simply rast(array(1))

[andreimirt]

by looking at the source code of rast, it's obvious that I'm misusing it, as it's supposed to handle mutidimensional arrays.
I was hoping to be able to give rast a list of values, an extent, and optionally a crs, and rast to figure that I want those values arranged uniformly inside the extent.

Instead, it caused an unintended DOS attack on my PC.

[rhijmans]

Thanks for reporting this. Very ugly. I now get:

library(terra)
#terra 1.7.41
rast(array(1))
#Error: [rast,array] cannot handle an array with less than 3 dimensions

I do not fully understand what functionality you are looking for; but I would be happy to look at that if you can clarify.