Re: memory management bug

[Karim BELABAS <Karim.Belabas@math.u-psud.fr>]

On Wed, 4 Dec 2002, Igor Schein wrote:
> ? ff(n)=local(v=[],w=[]);n
> ? f(n)=n
> ? ff(f(n))=n
>   ***   bug in GP (Segmentation Fault), please report
>
> I am able to reproduce it only on Linux.  FreeBSD gives a helpful
> warning, indicating the nature of the problem:
>
> ? ff(n)=local(v=[],w=[]);n
> ? f(n)=n
> ? ff(f(n))=n
> gp in free(): warning: chunk is already free
> gp in free(): warning: chunk is already free
>   ***   unknown function or error in formal parameters: ff(f(n))=n

Indeed (ep->args freed twice when we redefine routine which had default
arguments, and an error occurs).

Better now ?

    Karim.
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