Re: possible stack over- or underflow

[Goran Koruga <goran.koruga@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Mon, May 07 2001, Scheucher, Andreas wrote:

Hi,

I use

_traceback = 1;

and I get reports like the following :

S-Lang Error: Type Mismatch: Context requires an array.  Scalar not converted
S-Lang Traceback: for
S-Lang Traceback: for
S-Lang Traceback: cdcc_send
File: /home/gorank/.justirc/scripts/cdcc.sl
  Local Variables:
    $0: Type: String_Type,  Value: "~/src/volnorm-0.4.1/src/lib*.so, darko"
    $1: Type: String_Type,  Value: "~/src/volnorm-0.4.1/src/lib*.so"
    $2: Type: String_Type,  Value: " darko"
    $3: Type: Array_Type,   Value: String_Type[1]
    $4: Type: Array_Type,   Value: String_Type[1]
    $5: Type: Integer_Type, Value: 1
    $6: Type: Integer_Type, Value: 1
    $7: Type: Null_Type,    Value: NULL
    $8: Type: String_Type,  Value: "lib*.so"
S-Lang Traceback: cdcc
File: /home/gorank/.justirc/scripts/cdcc.sl
  Local Variables:
    $0: Type: String_Type,  Value: "send ~/src/volnorm-0.4.1/src/lib*.so, darko"
    $1: Type: String_Type,  Value: "send"
    $2: Type: String_Type,  Value: "~/src/volnorm-0.4.1/src/lib*.so, darko"
S-Lang Error: Type Mismatch: Error while executing cdcc

This is usually helpful enough for me to find the problem.

Hope this helps,
Goran


> hi all,
> 
> I have to maintain a very huge program written in s-lang by many people over
> several 
> years( which means that it got a horrible mess). the software reads a huge
> amount of
> data records and reformats them. at the end it deliveres the new records in
> some
> output files. at least not that it was designed for, i think...
> 
> after dealing with s-lang since more than a year now, I'm used to get the
> most time horrible 
> or useless error messages. 
> but in the moment I get absolute no response from the interpreter!
> 
> the only thing I receive is a printout of the stack with an undefined value
> as last value on it,
> which makes me think that it is an stack overflow. the problem is that I
> reach the error only
> after a calculation time of nearly 4 houres.
> 
> I tried now to use the _stkdepth function to get the amount of data on the
> stack before every 
> record read in and after written out again to see whats happening. as usual
> it's not working 
> as expected. it delivers no inter type value like explained in the
> documentation.
> I assigned the value to a variable and tried to print it -> crash! with no
> message
> 
> 
> has anybody an idea to how to handle this function correct( and mayby also
> the print_stack)?
> 
> 
> looking forword for any help. 
> best regards and thanks,
> andreas
> 
> 
> Andreas Scheucher
> Mediation Developement 
> 
> > one
> Mob:   +43 699 1699 3651
> Fax.:  +43 699 4699 3651
> 

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