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Empty string crash (*solved*) - britlion - 2012-08-04

Compiler crashes if a sub is sent an empty string:

Code:
SUB stringtest (thing as string)
asm
DI
HALT
END ASM
END SUB

stringtest("")


Re: Empty string crash - boriel - 2012-08-04

britlion Wrote:Compiler crashes if a sub is sent an empty string:

Code:
SUB stringtest (thing as string)
asm
DI
HALT
END ASM
END SUB

stringtest("")
True, and fixed. Please, download the latest version, try it and tell me.

Re: Empty string crash - britlion - 2012-08-05

That seems to fix it.

What was the error?

Re: Empty string crash - boriel - 2012-08-05

An error in the compiler, which wasn't checking in a string parameter was constant and zero-length Wink