On Thursday 17 July 2008 15:44:36 NotFound wrote: > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > With this patch, the new tests still pass on Linux/x86. The patch uses > > STRING->strstart to avoid leaking a malloc'd buffer when throwing an > > exception, which may or may not be considered kosher in this situation. > > Can't you use real_exception(interp, NULL, E_SystemError, "%Ss", > errmsg_pstring); ? > > Using internal details of parrot strings must be avoided.
NotFound's solution is correct; that's the way to go here. -- c
