I can reproduce Ian's failure on Linux j903.

I can also reproduce Henry's failure on windows j903.


On Tue, Oct 19, 2021 at 1:10 AM Henry Rich <[email protected]> wrote:

> I get:
>
>     load 'math/cal'
>
>     start_cal_ 0
> 1
>
>     tabengine_cal_'CTBU'
> [cal#40] >>> no t-table loaded yet
>
> Don't worry too much about getting a small failure - any reproducible
> failure will do.
>
> hhr
>
> On 10/18/2021 12:34 PM, Ian Clark wrote:
> > Recent JE upgrades have bitten the CAL addon badly.
> > More to the point, CAL bites back.
> > By corrupting JE, specifically (i.)
> >
> > JVERSION
> >
> > Engine: j903/j64/darwin
> >
> > Beta-u: commercial/2021-10-01T12:07:35
> >
> > Library: 9.03.06
> >
> > Qt IDE: 1.9.4/5.15.2(5.15.2)
> >
> > Platform: Darwin 64
> >
> > Installer: J903 install
> >
> > InstallPath: /applications/j903
> >
> > Contact: www.jsoftware.com
> >
> >
> > load 'math/cal'
> >
> > start_cal_ 0
> >
> > 1
> >
> > tabengine_cal_'CTBU'
> >
> > tabengineError: bad instruction
> >
> > CTBU
> >
> > errmsg from CAL_CTBU
> >
> > |index error: pack
> >
> > | z=.,:0 {y[r=.}:$y
> >
> >
> > [error message repeated]
> >
> >
> > i.10
> >
> > 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 8 9
> >
> >
> > I don't think the mischief is being done by pack_cal_ but by its calling
> > verb: arrowch_cal_ .
> >
> > The latter somehow munges a presumed cache of (i.) values, and pack_cal_
> > falls over as a result.
> >
> > I'm busy teasing out a simple standalone code sample. But I thought I'd
> > report the bug right away since it is insidious and impactful.
> >
> >
> > Same thing happens in j902 too, but not in j901.
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