[GAP Forum] GAP crashes when reading a syntax error

[Max Horn]

Dear Nick,

the issue is specific to the GAP 4.5 series, and does not affect GAP 4.4.12.

Max

On 07.08.2012, at 14:36, Nicholas Loughlin wrote:

> Hi forum,
> 
> I tested this on my macbook (versioning below) and couldn't replicate the bug.
> GAP4, Version: 4.4.12 of 17-Dec-2008, i686-apple-darwin9.6.0-gcc
> 
> Also couldn't replicate on my linux box, which runs Ubuntu 10.04.4 LTS:
> GAP4, Version: 4.4.12 of 17-Dec-2008, i486-pc-linux-gnu-i486-linux-gnu-gcc
> 
> The bug may be specific to later editions of ubuntu and/or GAP?
> 
> Hope this is helpful,
> Nick Loughlin
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> Sent: 06 August 2012 10:36
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> Subject: [GAP Forum] GAP crashes when reading a syntax error
> 
> 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?
> 
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