Thanks a lot Jon! I saw that eliot provided a fix. Stef
On Nov 30, 2012, at 6:07 PM, Jon Anderson wrote: > Hi all, > > I don't post to lists often, but I thought some of you might be > interested in these few lines of code that crash the CogVM on both > Linux and Windows. File-in the Smalltalk code below, then evaluate > [nil crashCogVM]. The code uses [1-1] but it could use [1+1] or > [56+98]. I put the code on nil, but that is not important either. I > think the important thing is that the primitive (+ or -) is evaluated > but the result is not assigned into any variable. Also important is > that the code is put into a loop that I assume has been JIT optimized. > The image I used is Pharo 1.4 one-click with latest update #14459. > This code does not crash StackVM. Have fun! - Jon. > > !UndefinedObject methodsFor: 'crash' stamp: 'JonKAnderson 11/29/2012 17:26'! > crashCogVM > " Evaluate [ > nil crashCogVM ]" > > | i | > i := 20. > 1 to: i do: [:d | 1-1 ] > ! ! >
