I get the same problem, on a freshly checked-out-from-anoncvs-and-built
mcs and mono. I did some digging (just because I could) and I suspect
the problem is that StringBuilder uses String.InternalStrcpy to move
everything to the right of the insert point across. From my reading of
the code, that would go to the method
ves_icall_System_String_InternalStrcpy_StrN in
mono/metadata/string-icalls.c. That function's basically a call to
memcpy, which can't be used on overlapping memory areas (and breaking
that rule is what causes the regression). I think there's a few options
to fix it:
1 Add a String.InternalStrmov that uses memmove instead of memcpy
2 Change String.InternalStrcpy so that it uses memmove
Both of these options fix the problem. I suspect Option 2 is detrimental
to performance because it would mean that overlapping buffers were being
dealt with even when they weren't actually there.
I'm attaching a little patch I wrote that does Option 1. I make no
claims about this patch, except that it works for me. I didn't look over
StringBuilder particularly thoroughly, but I think I caught all of the
cases that needed to be changed.
I imagine I have broken 5 rules and 10 guidelines with this patch, but
oh well - I hope it is useful.
Iain
On Tue, 2004-01-13 at 23:55, Jaroslaw Kowalski wrote:
> I've just rebuilt mcs and mono and I still get the same error.
>
> BTW. I'm using:
>
> :pserver:[EMAIL PROTECTED]:/mono
>
> Jarek
> - Original Message -
> From: Torstensson, Patrik
> To: Torstensson, Patrik ; Jaroslaw Kowalski ;
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] ; Mono Development
> Sent: Tuesday, January 13, 2004 1:12 PM
> Subject: [Mono-list] RE: [Mono-devel-list] REGRESSION:
> StringBuilder
>
> Have you rebuilt everything? I just did the same ression test
> here and that returns correct value.
>
> Can anyone else test this also with the latest CVS?
>
> Cheers,
> Patrik
>
> __
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of
> Torstensson, Patrik
> Sent: den 13 januari 2004 13:02
> To: Jaroslaw Kowalski; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Mono
> Development
> Subject: RE: [Mono-devel-list] REGRESSION: StringBuilder
>
>
> Looking into it right now, it's strange because SB passed all
> the test.
>
> Be back in 2..
>
> Sorry for the problems caused!
>
> Cheers,
> Patrik
>
> __
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of
> Jaroslaw Kowalski
> Sent: den 13 januari 2004 12:33
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Mono Development
> Subject: [Mono-devel-list] REGRESSION: StringBuilder
> Importance: Low
>
>
> Looks like there's been a regression introduced in mono
> yesterday.
>
> This snippet:
>
> StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
>
> sb.Append("testtesttest");
> sb.Insert(0, '^');
> Console.WriteLine("sb: {0}", sb);
>
> produces:
>
> sb: ^teetteetteet
>
> It obviously should be:
>
> sb: ^testtesttest
>
> This is kind of critical since NAnt no longer runs on
> mono/Linux.
>
> Jarek
--
Iain McCoy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
? mono/autom4te.cache
? mono/mint.pc
? mono/mono/interpreter/interp.lo
? mono/mono/interpreter/libmint.la
? mono/scripts/soapsuds
? mcs/class/Mono.Posix/Mono.Posix/Mono.Posix.dll
? mcs/class/Mono.Posix/Mono.Posix/map.c
? mcs/class/Mono.Posix/Mono.Posix/map.h
Index: mono/mono/metadata/icall.c
===
RCS file: /mono/mono/mono/metadata/icall.c,v
retrieving revision 1.395
diff -u -r1.395 icall.c
--- mono/mono/metadata/icall.c 12 Jan 2004 07:42:17 - 1.395
+++ mono/mono/metadata/icall.c 13 Jan 2004 16:19:43 -
@@ -4452,6 +4452,8 @@
"System.String::InternalAllocateStr",
ves_icall_System_String_InternalAllocateStr,
"System.String::InternalStrcpy(string,int,string)",
ves_icall_System_String_InternalStrcpy_Str,
"System.String::InternalStrcpy(string,int,string,int,int)",
ves_icall_System_String_InternalStrcpy_StrN,
+ "System.String::InternalStrmove(string,int,string)",
ves_icall_System_String_InternalStrmove_Str,
+ "System.String::InternalStrmove(string,int,string,int,int)",
ves_icall_System_String_InternalStrmove_StrN,
"System.String::InternalIntern", ves_icall_System_String_InternalIntern,
"System.String::InternalIsInterned
