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Article #2287Re: trn bugs
From: Don Lewis
Date: Fri, 10 Aug 1990 04:55
Date: Fri, 10 Aug 1990 04:55
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In article <1990Aug9.074726.2922@mlb.semi.harris.com> del@thrush.mlb.semi.harris.com (Don Lewis) writes:
>In article <1990Aug9.052017.2137@mlb.semi.harris.com> del@thrush.mlb.semi.harris.com (Don Lewis) writes:
>>The first one isn't mine and I haven't been able to reproduce it, but ...
>>
>> Looks like if you do a '[' at the top -- you get assertion failed -- and
>> it dumps.
>
>Someone else here just got bit, but he claims it is caused by '{'.
>
>
I've been able to reproduce the problem. It is caused when you try to
back up into a missing article with { or [. The assertion in art.c
fails, and trn kicks you out.
The following thread diagrams provoke this behavior:
(1)+-(1)
|-(1)--(1)
\-(1)+-(1)
|-(1)
|-(1)
\-(1)
-( )--(1)
^^^ if you are here and use { or [ trn breaks
========================
-( )--(1)
^^^ likewise, here
-(1)
^^^ and here
--
Don "Truck" Lewis Harris Semiconductor
Internet: del@mlb.semi.harris.com PO Box 883 MS 62A-028
Phone: (407) 729-5205 Melbourne, FL 32901
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utstat!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!samsung!uakari.primate.wisc.edu!uflorida!mlb.semi.harris.com!thrush.mlb.semi.harris.com!del From: del@thrush.mlb.semi.harris.com (Don Lewis) Newsgroups: news.software.b Subject: Re: trn bugs Message-ID: <1990Aug10.045538.11435@mlb.semi.harris.com> Date: 10 Aug 90 04:55:38 GMT References: <1990Aug9.052017.2137@mlb.semi.harris.com> <1990Aug9.074726.2922@mlb.semi.harris.com> Sender: news@mlb.semi.harris.com Organization: Harris Semiconductor, Melbourne FL Lines: 33