[MacRuby] #1373: Better error reporting is needed for infinite recursion

4 Aug 2011


      #1373: Better error reporting is needed for infinite recursion
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 Reporter:  scott@…               |       Owner:  lsansonetti@…        
     Type:  defect                |      Status:  new                  
 Priority:  blocker               |   Milestone:                       
Component:  MacRuby               |    Keywords:                       
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 Infinite recursion in MRI reports that the stack is too deep. With
 MacRuby, "segmentation fault: 11" is dumped to the console.

 Here's a simple test:

 {{{
 def recurse
   recurse
 end

 recurse
 }}}

 MRI output:

 {{{
 test.rb:2:in `recurse': stack level too deep (SystemStackError)
         from test.rb:2:in `recurse'
         from test.rb:5
 }}}

 MacRuby output:

 {{{
 Segmentation fault: 11
 }}}

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Ticket URL: <http://www.macruby.org/trac/ticket/1373>
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