1# From dragon!unagi.cis.upenn.edu!sjanet Tue Mar 25 17:12:20 1997 2# Return-Path: <dragon!unagi.cis.upenn.edu!sjanet> 3# Received: by skeeve.atl.ga.us (/\==/\ Smail3.1.22.1 #22.1) 4# id <m0w9eS4-000GWyC@skeeve.atl.ga.us>; Tue, 25 Mar 97 17:12 EST 5# Received: by vecnet.com (DECUS UUCP /2.0/2.0/2.0/); 6# Tue, 25 Mar 97 16:58:36 EDT 7# Received: from gnu-life.ai.mit.edu by antaries.vec.net (MX V4.2 VAX) with SMTP; 8# Tue, 25 Mar 1997 16:58:26 EST 9# Received: from linc.cis.upenn.edu by gnu-life.ai.mit.edu (8.8.5/8.6.12GNU) with 10# ESMTP id QAA24350 for <bug-gnu-utils@prep.ai.mit.edu>; Tue, 25 Mar 11# 1997 16:56:59 -0500 (EST) 12# Received: from unagi.cis.upenn.edu (UNAGI.CIS.UPENN.EDU [158.130.8.153]) by 13# linc.cis.upenn.edu (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id QAA09424; Tue, 25 Mar 14# 1997 16:56:54 -0500 (EST) 15# Received: (from sjanet@localhost) by unagi.cis.upenn.edu (8.8.5/8.8.5) id 16# QAA03969; Tue, 25 Mar 1997 16:56:50 -0500 (EST) 17# Date: Tue, 25 Mar 1997 16:56:50 -0500 (EST) 18# From: Stan Janet <sjanet@unagi.cis.upenn.edu> 19# Message-ID: <199703252156.QAA03969@unagi.cis.upenn.edu> 20# To: bug-gnu-utils@prep.ai.mit.edu 21# CC: arnold@gnu.ai.mit.edu 22# Subject: GNU awk 3.0.2 bug: fatal error deleting local array inside function 23# Status: ORf 24# 25# Version: GNU Awk 3.0.2 26# Platforms: SunOS 4.1.1 (compiled with Sun cc) 27# IRIX 5.3 (compiled with SGI cc) 28# Problem: Deleting local array inside function causes fatal internal error (and 29# core dump. The error does not occur when the variable "x", unused in 30# the example, is removed or when the function is declared foo(x,p). 31# When the function is declared foo(p,x), adding a dummy line that uses 32# "x", e.g. "x=1" does not prevent the error. If "p" is not deleted, 33# there is no error. If "p[1]" is used to delete the lone element, there 34# is no error. 35# 36# ==== The program x.gawk ==== 37 38function foo(p,x) { 39 p[1]="bar" 40 delete p 41 return 0 42} 43 44BEGIN { 45 foo() 46} 47 48# ==== The output for "gawk -f x.gawk" (SunOS) ==== 49# 50# gawk: x.gawk:4: fatal error: internal error 51