From afa15c461604cf4938de6dc155892c13f2aa8588 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Tyler Goodlet <jgbt@protonmail.com>
Date: Fri, 13 Nov 2020 12:31:45 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] Allocate space for 2d worth of 5s bars

---
 piker/data/_sharedmem.py | 6 ++++--
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/piker/data/_sharedmem.py b/piker/data/_sharedmem.py
index 7f90d1ae..77dac544 100644
--- a/piker/data/_sharedmem.py
+++ b/piker/data/_sharedmem.py
@@ -214,10 +214,12 @@ class ShmArray:
         ...
 
 
+_lotsa_5s = int(5*60*60*10/5)
+
 def open_shm_array(
     key: Optional[str] = None,
     # approx number of 5s bars in a "day" x2
-    size: int = int(2*60*60*10/5),
+    size: int = _lotsa_5s,
     dtype: Optional[np.dtype] = None,
     readonly: bool = False,
 ) -> ShmArray:
@@ -269,7 +271,7 @@ def open_shm_array(
 
 def attach_shm_array(
     token: Tuple[str, str, Tuple[str, str]],
-    size: int = int(60*60*10/5),
+    size: int = _lotsa_5s,
     readonly: bool = True,
 ) -> ShmArray:
     """Load and attach to an existing shared memory array previously