Were you at a debug stop when you saw the erroneous value?

Henry Rich

On Sun, May 28, 2023, 8:35 PM Henry Rich <[email protected]> wrote:

> This area hasn't changed in a while. Can you provide a failing case that
> doesn't require sql?
>
> Henry Rich
>
> On Sun, May 28, 2023, 7:54 PM John Baker <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> The other day one of my long running SQLite applications stopped
>> working in the latest J beta J 9.5.  I had to change the name of the
>> bound for. name in the loop.
>>
>> NB. create tables - NOTE: cannot use (create) in for_create. j 9.5 beta
>> for_crtsql. sql do.
>>   crtsql=. ;crtsql
>>   ('unable to create table ->',crtsql) assert 0 = sqlcmd__dt crtsql
>> end.
>>
>> The name "crtsql" was originally  "create" and when it crashed the
>> value of "create" was a verb in the sqlite locale.  This loop ran fine
>> in all previous versions of J including the current j9.41. Usually
>> this type of scoping anomaly indicates something is not quite right in
>> the recent beta.
>>
>> The fix is easy - use another name - but I don't think we want to
>> launch easter egg hunts in the J codebase if this is a bug.
>>
>> NB. version tested
>> Engine: j9.5.0-beta2/j64avx2/windows
>> Build: commercial/2023-05-02T22:44:50/clang-15-0-7/SLEEF=1
>> Library: 9.5.1
>> Qt IDE: 2.0.3/6.2.4(6.2.4)
>> Platform: Win 64
>> Installer: j9.5 install
>> InstallPath: c:/j64/j9.5
>> Contact: www.jsoftware.com
>>
>> --
>> John D. Baker
>> [email protected]
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