#include <iostream>

#include <opencv2/core/core.hpp>

//From http://docs.opencv.org/modules/core/doc/basic_structures.html#mat-iscontinuous

// alternative implementation of Mat::isContinuous()

bool myCheckMatContinuity(const cv::Mat& m)

{

    //return (m.flags & Mat::CONTINUOUS_FLAG) != 0;

    return m.rows == 1 || m.step == m.cols*m.elemSize();

}

int

main()

{

        const int rows=3780;

        const int cols=6142; 

        const int numChan = 100;

        cv::Mat m = cv::Mat::zeros(rows, cols, CV_32FC(numChan));

        //cv::Mat m(rows, cols, CV_32FC(numChan));

        bool c1 = m.isContinuous();

        bool c2 = myCheckMatContinuity(m);

        if (c1 != c2) {

                std::cerr<<"m.isContinuous()="<<c1<<" != myCheckMatContinuity(m)="<<c2<<" !!!"<<std::endl;

        }

        else {

                std::cerr<<"Ok.\n";

        }

        return 0;

}

//On Windows 7, with Visual C++ 2010 Express, linked with precompiled OpenCV (ia32),

// I get the following error message:

//"OpenCV Error: One of arguments' values is out of range (The total matrix size does not fit to "size_t" type) in unknown function, 

//file C:\slave\WinInstallerMegaPack\src\opencv\modules\core\src\matrix.cpp, line 125"

// On linux (Fedora 14 x86_64), with g++ 4.5.1, linked with OpenCV compiled in 64-bit,

// I get no error but the created matrix is marked as not continuous