Re: [9fans] sed crash

[Pietro Gagliardi <pietro10@mac.com>]

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On Feb 4, 2009, at 9:28 PM, Uriel wrote:

> For those that enjoy fixing bugs:
>
> % echo foo | sed
> 's/..a|..b|..c|..d|..e|..f|..g|..h|..i|..j|..k|..l|..m|..n|..o|..p//g'
>
> Will crash both native and p9p sed.
>
> Yes, I know it is a nonsensical expression, but it is the simplest one
> that still made it crash, I have lost the original version which was
> much more complex.
>
> Note that providing two characters as input will still crash, but if
> the input line is a single character it wont crash.
>
> I have been meaning to get all the fun of tracking this one down
> myself for a while, but seems that I never get to it, so I will let
> others enjoy the fun of fixing it.
>
> Peace
>
> uriel
>
For me, it crashes on the second line of input, in the dosub()
function. Will investigate now.
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