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Re: Segfault in zsh 4.2.5 in assignment to array variable tied to unset scalar.

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From: John Reese <john.reese@xxxxxxxxx>
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Subject: Re: Segfault in zsh 4.2.5 in assignment to array variable tied to unset scalar.
Date: Fri, 19 Aug 2005 18:28:44 -0700
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Well, I don't "want" to do it.  It happened by accident.  I just think
that if one half of a tied pair is unset, the tie status on the
remaining variable should be removed.  And even if it should be an
error, there shouldn't be a segfault.

2005/8/19, William Scott <wgscott@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>:
> 
> I verified this on ubuntu linux and also OS X v. 10.4, 4.2.5 gives a seg
> fault; 4.2.3 reports a bus error.
> 
> But why would you want to do this?
> 
> On Fri, 19 Aug 2005, John Reese wrote:
> 
> > Howdy.
> >
> > ofb:3% zsh --version                                                14:40 ofb:~
> > zsh 4.2.5 (i686-pc-linux-gnu)
> > ofb:3% STRING=a:b                                                   14:40 ofb:~
> > ofb:3% typeset -T STRING string                                     14:40 ofb:~
> > ofb:3% unset STRING                                                 14:40 ofb:~
> > ofb:3% set -A string x y z                                          14:40 ofb:~
> > zsh: 18569 segmentation fault  zsh
> >
> > I'm told this also happens in 4.2.1.
> >
>

References:
- Segfault in zsh 4.2.5 in assignment to array variable tied to unset scalar.
  - From: John Reese
- Re: Segfault in zsh 4.2.5 in assignment to array variable tied to unset scalar.
  - From: William Scott

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