The following lines demonstrate the problem:
(use s11n)
(deserialize (open-input-string "\f"))

-Josh

On Aug 13, 2008, at 4:30 AM, felix winkelmann wrote:

On Wed, Aug 13, 2008 at 8:38 AM, Joshua Griffith
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Hello,

When a serialized object gets corrupted or truncated (which often occurs when it is transmitted over a TCP connection), attempting to deserialize that object results in a "Bus error" and immediate program termination, rather than a raised exception. How difficult would it be to modify the
s11n egg so that it fails gracefully upon receipt of corrupted data?


It shouldn't be too hard, one just would have to precede a chunk of
data with a checksum. I can look into this (unless you need a quick
solution, because I can't exactly say when I get around doing so).


cheers,
felix



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