segmentation fault

[kesha]

OS: GNU/Linux Gentoo x86_64 and Gentoo x86

gcc: 4.9.3

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newLISP v.10.7.0 64-bit on Linux IPv4/6 UTF-8 libffi, options: newlisp -h
> (unpack "c" 1)
segmentation fault


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newLISP v.10.7.1 32-bit on Linux IPv4/6 UTF-8, options: newlisp -h
> (unpack "c" 1)
segmentation fault

Oops...

[Lutz]

The second parameter of unpack must contain a valid memory addrees or a segfault can occur. This is mentioned in the documentation:

http://www.newlisp.org/downloads/newlisp_manual.html#unpack">http://www.newlisp.org/downloads/newlis ... tml#unpack">http://www.newlisp.org/downloads/newlisp_manual.html#unpack

... in the second paragraph.

[kesha]

I don't think this is the correct behaviour.

The program falls, without the possibility to fix something.

[Lutz]

A segfault may leave a process in an unknown, potentially unsafe, state and the process should exit.