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From: Neil Jerram <neil@ossau.uklinux.net>
To: Fabian Schuetz <info@fms-edv.de>
Cc: bug-guile@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Segmentation Fault in guile-1.8.7 on recent Macbook Pro
Date: Sat, 30 Oct 2010 16:58:45 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <87ocaboacn.fsf@ossau.uklinux.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20101023114021.GA18953@eris.fms-edv.de> (Fabian Schuetz's message of "Sat, 23 Oct 2010 13:40:21 +0200")

Fabian Schuetz <info@fms-edv.de> writes:

> While experimenting with "undefine", I discovered, that 
> even quite important functions, like "write" or "display"
> can be undefined. The problem is, that calling them
> after they have been "undefined", leads to an 
> endless regression, displaying a Segmentation fault,
> when finally interrupted. 
>
> If I "undefine" list:
> (undefine list)
> and call it afterwards:
> (list 1 2 3 4)
> I get the expected "ABORT: (unbound-variable)
>
> I would be glad to help out, to fix this.

Can you explain why you need to undefine those functions?

Unless there's a compelling need, I'm afraid it's unlikely anyone will
work on this, because most developer focus is now on 1.9/2.0.

Thanks,
        Neil



  reply	other threads:[~2010-10-30 15:58 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2010-10-23 11:40 Segmentation Fault in guile-1.8.7 on recent Macbook Pro Fabian Schuetz
2010-10-30 15:58 ` Neil Jerram [this message]
2010-11-18 15:10   ` Andy Wingo

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