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From: "Clinton A. Pierce" via RT <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [netlabs #423] Fwd: Parrot segfaults on substr To: 'AdminCc of netlabs Ticket #423': ; X-RT-Loop-Prevention: netlabs RT-Originator: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Managed-BY: Request Tracker 2.0.10-test2 (http://www.fsck.com/projects/rt/) RT-Ticket: netlabs #423 Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Mon Mar 11 20:01:32 2002: Request 423 was acted upon. Transaction: Ticket created by [EMAIL PROTECTED] Queue: parrot Subject: Fwd: Parrot segfaults on substr Owner: Nobody Requestors: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Status: new Ticket <URL: http://bugs6.perl.org/rt2/Ticket/Display.html?id=423 > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- >>Win32 compiled with VC++ using default arguments, and this test harness >>tinkering with substr I got: >> >> #!/usr/bin/perl -w >> # >> open(T, ">test.pasm") || die; >> print T<<'EOF'; >> >> set S1, "Howdy" >> substr S1, S2, 0, 2 >> print "\n" >> >> EOF >> >> close(T); >> system("assemble.pl test.pasm > out.pbc"); >> system("test_parrot -t out.pbc"); >> >>This throws an application error. Removing the substr removes the problem. > >On further reflection and other tests it seems that the second argument >being set to (null) for substring causes the problem. This may be >irresponsible speculation, however. ----- End forwarded message ----- -- What happens if a big asteroid hits the Earth? Judging from realistic simulations involving a sledge hammer and a common laboratory frog, we can assume it will be pretty bad. - Dave Barry
