[ncl-talk] Bug :: Seg Fault when accidentally trying to overwrite a list pointer

[Alan Brammer]

Possibly related, I also get inconsistent seg faults when deleting an occupied list. 

Occupied with “anonymous” variables which is probably thereto of the problem. 

Inconsistent though, so can’t create an example at this time. 



> On 17 Jun 2016, at 14:00, Rick Brownrigg <brownrig at ucar.edu> wrote:
> 
> HI Alan,
> 
> That's tough justice indeed!  I'll file a bug report and we'll look into it.  Thanks for reporting this.
> 
> Rick
> 
> 
> On Fri, Jun 17, 2016 at 11:57 AM, Alan Brammer <abrammer at albany.edu <mailto:abrammer at albany.edu>> wrote:
> 
> 
> So this was a mistake on my part, but it resulted in a seg fault rather than the usual type mismatch warning.
> 
> 
> ;; me being an idiot, but seg faults are a tough justice
> 
> my_list = NewList("lifo")
> my_list = new(10, float)
> Segmentation fault (core dumped)
> 
> 
> ;;;typical and more preferable behaviour
> 
> my_list = new(10, integer)
> my_list = new(10, float)
> fatal:["NclVar.c":1390]:Assignment type mismatch, right hand side can't be coerced to type of left hand side
> fatal:["Execute.c":8573]:Execute: Error occurred at or near line 1
> 
> 
> my_list = new(10, float)
> my_list = NewList("lifo")
> fatal:["NclVar.c":1390]:Assignment type mismatch, right hand side can't be coerced to type of left hand side
> fatal:["Execute.c":8573]:Execute: Error occurred at or near line 1
> 
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> 
> 
> Thanks, 
> 
> Alan.
> 
> 
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