On Tue, 14 Oct 2003, Robin Hankin wrote:
> Hello again
>
> thanks for this. What I should have asked is, should one always report
> repeatable seg faults (even if functions are called with
> inappropriate arguments)?
>
Yes. Reproducible segfaults that occur `in the wild' are fairly important
bugs even if they result from errors.
Segfaults from trying to break the system are a much lower priority, but
even they should probably be reported.
The FAQ (9.1) says
If R executes an illegal instruction, or dies with an operating system
error message that indicates a problem in the program (as opposed to
something like "disk full"), then it is certainly a bug.
and goes on to explain that the only time this doesn't apply is when you
call compiled code with the wrong arguments or call your own compiled
code.
-thomas
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