Re: did you get my bug report on a GAWK internal error?

[Aharon Robbins]

> Date: Mon, 12 Dec 2005 12:04:38 -0800 (PST)
> From: DON PETERSEN <address@hidden>
> Subject: did you get my bug report on a GAWK internal error?
> To: GAWK bugs <address@hidden>
>
>
> Hi,
> I reported getting an internal error with GAWK 3.1.3 on Windows XP and 2K
> when a regexp matches in a switch stmt. I attached the program and a data
> file. I'm afraid that a spam filter may have eaten the msg. Pls indicate
> whether I need to resend it and if so, how to get around the spam filter.
>   Regards,
>   Don

I got your report. I don't always have the time to respond right away,
please be patient.

First, try the current version of gawk, which is 3.1.5. If you can try
it under Linux or Unix, that's better, since I don't support Windows
versions of gawk.

Next, try rewriting the script to use a series of if (x ~ /pat/) ... else if
tests instead of using a switch.  I did look at the program and don't see
any obvious errors. I wasn't able to run it under Linux because of the
redirections to nonexistent (here) places like "c:/Don dir/txt" or whatever
the file was.

If you can get a stack backtrace out of gawk at the point it dies, that
will help, some, but being able to send me a recipe that reproduces the
problem under Linux is the best way to help me find the problem.

Thanks,

Arnold Robbins