Re: [Rd] (PR#11281) Bug in R 2.7 for over long lines

From: <bugreports_at_nn7.de>
Date: Sat, 10 May 2008 23:20:18 +0200 (CEST)


On Sat, 2008-05-10 at 11:19 +0100, Prof Brian Ripley wrote:
> You will see the current code is different, and your 'fix' is not needed=20
> nor applies in R-devel.

would be nice...

> You failed to provide an example to reproduce the alleged bug, but the=20

well the bug was obvious, I told that I can trigger it and that the proposed fix fixed it - no need to provide an example.

> issue does seem to be using lines beyond the documented line length.

exactly. one can crash R with too long lines.

> So it would have only affected people who did that ....

or use auto-generated code like e.g. swig produces.

> And generating a new report (PR#11438) was distinctly unfriendly.

I did what I was told, reply and keep the PR#11281 in the subject. I am sensing another bug.

> If after studing the R FAQ you have a reproducible example in a
> current=20
> version of R (R-devel or R-patched), plus add it to *this* report
> number.

I don't intend to play with devel versions of R, I was just trying to get swig for R2.7 to work. Sorry that it triggered a bug in R. =EF=BB=BFI w= ill
try R2.7.1 when it is released and report back.

Soeren.



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