[MacPerl] weird MacPerl crash

[Peter Hartmann <hartmann@mbox.kyoto-inet.or.jp>]

I am looking for somebody who is willing to test a very mysterious case of
a MacPerl crash.
It took me an extremly long period of time to narrow things down, since it
originally was a script that was sent by AE from a RealBasic app (so search
a large Japanese dictionary file). However, it (or at least something that
must be very much related). At first I suspected RealBasic or
AppleScript/AppleEvent handling under OS 8.5.1, but it turned out to be
reproducible in MacPerl.

Essentially, what happens is, that after I delete a comment line (!), the
second line of my script, MacPerl crashes when I try to run the script.
When I send the script without the comment line via AE the system freezes
irrecoverably. When I insert the comment, I no longer experience any
problems. (BTW, the script is read from a TEXT resource by the RealBasic
app.)

Since I am using a German OS 8.5.1 plus a Japanese Language Kit (and the
most recent MacPerl 5.2.0r4) it might be related to that. I do not
experience any trouble under a German 8.1 without the JLK. Furthermore, the
script ran without problems before I upgraded from 8.1 with JLK to 8.5.1.
Although Japanese characters are involved in the script, it can be tested
by anybody, since without arguments it should just exit and do nothing. It
should not, however, crash MacPerl or freeze the system.

I tried to check the script in a hex editor to make sure that it does not
contain any strange non printables, but could not detect anything.

I will send the script to anybody who wants to give it a try.

Thanks,


__Peter Hartmann________

Ritsumeikan University, Kyoto, Japan

mailto:hartmann@mbox.kyoto-inet.or.jp (preferred)
mailto:phv00542@askic.kic.ritsumei.ac.jp (rarely checked)




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