[GAP Forum] GAP crashes when reading a syntax error

[Max Horn]

Dear Matthew,

On 06.08.2012, at 11:36, Matthew Fayers wrote:

> Dear GAP forum,
> 
> I'm running GAP 4.5.5 on Ubuntu 12.04.  When I read a file into GAP with the following contents:
> 
> f:=function()
> local k;
> for k in [1] do Print(k));od;
> end;
> 
> GAP unexpectedly closes.  (This happens on both my machines.)  Of course, there is a syntax error in the third line, but it's surprising to me that this causes GAP to crash.  Is this a problem with GAP, or have I got something set up badly?

Thank you for your report. We know the cause of this issue (it has been reported before on the support list) and we have a fix for it. As such, I believe that this will be corrected in GAP 4.5.6. 

Cheers,
Max