id	summary	reporter	owner	description	type	status	priority	milestone	component	version	resolution	keywords	cc	blockedby	blocking	notify_on_close	platform	project
594	converting mmcif structure to Python object runs out of memory	Greg Couch	Eric Pettersen	"Opening copy_1_ccp4.cif (and others) from #284 give the following traceback:
{{{
Opened mmCIF data containing 31384 atoms and 31954 bonds

Unexpected exception, save your work and exit:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File ""/home/gregc/src/chimerax/ChimeraX.app/lib/python3.6/site-packages/chimerax/core/ui/nogui.py"", line 186, in execute
    self._cmd.run(text)
  File ""/home/gregc/src/chimerax/ChimeraX.app/lib/python3.6/site-packages/chimerax/core/commands/cli.py"", line 2327, in run
    result = ci.function(session, **kw_args)
  File ""/home/gregc/src/chimerax/ChimeraX.app/lib/python3.6/site-packages/chimerax/core/commands/open.py"", line 111, in open
    models = session.models.open(paths, format=format, name=name, **kw)
  File ""/home/gregc/src/chimerax/ChimeraX.app/lib/python3.6/site-packages/chimerax/core/models.py"", line 363, in open
    self.add(models)
  File ""/home/gregc/src/chimerax/ChimeraX.app/lib/python3.6/site-packages/chimerax/core/models.py"", line 241, in add
    m.added_to_session(session)
  File ""/home/gregc/src/chimerax/ChimeraX.app/lib/python3.6/site-packages/chimerax/core/atomic/structure.py"", line 1828, in added_to_session
    super().added_to_session(session)
  File ""/home/gregc/src/chimerax/ChimeraX.app/lib/python3.6/site-packages/chimerax/core/atomic/structure.py"", line 110, in added_to_session
    if self.num_chains == 0:
  File ""/home/gregc/src/chimerax/ChimeraX.app/lib/python3.6/site-packages/chimerax/core/atomic/molc.py"", line 37, in get_prop
    cget(self._c_pointer_ref, 1, v_ref)
MemoryError: not enough memory
}}}

Then if you ""close"", there is another traceback:
{{{
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File ""/home/gregc/src/chimerax/ChimeraX.app/lib/python3.6/site-packages/chimerax/core/ui/nogui.py"", line 186, in execute
    self._cmd.run(text)
  File ""/home/gregc/src/chimerax/ChimeraX.app/lib/python3.6/site-packages/chimerax/core/commands/cli.py"", line 2327, in run
    result = ci.function(session, **kw_args)
  File ""/home/gregc/src/chimerax/ChimeraX.app/lib/python3.6/site-packages/chimerax/core/commands/close.py"", line 32, in close
    m.close(cmodels)
  File ""/home/gregc/src/chimerax/ChimeraX.app/lib/python3.6/site-packages/chimerax/core/models.py"", line 321, in close
    self.remove(models)
  File ""/home/gregc/src/chimerax/ChimeraX.app/lib/python3.6/site-packages/chimerax/core/models.py"", line 303, in remove
    m.removed_from_session(session)
  File ""/home/gregc/src/chimerax/ChimeraX.app/lib/python3.6/site-packages/chimerax/core/atomic/structure.py"", line 185, in removed_from_session
    gu.remove_structure(self)
  File ""/home/gregc/src/chimerax/ChimeraX.app/lib/python3.6/site-packages/chimerax/core/atomic/structure.py"", line 1984, in remove_structure
    self._structures.remove(s)
KeyError: <chimerax.core.atomic.structure.AtomicStructure object at 0x7fffd94171d0>
}}}

This needs to be more robust."	defect	closed	blocker		Input/Output		fixed						all	ChimeraX