Subj : Re: Slow string conversion of long js functions
To   : netscape.public.mozilla.jseng
From : =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Georg_Maa=DF?= <georg@bioshop.de>
Date : Sun Jan 11 2004 12:33 am

Brendan Eich wrote:
> Georg Maaß wrote:
> 
>> With the SM shell (1.5rc5) the shell crashes before the source of the 
>> function is entered completely. I assume a buffer overflow.
> 
> 
> Shouldn't be a buffer overflow anywhere in the engine -- can you debug?

Never tried to debug the shell, because it never crashed before, but 
this crash is reproducable. What shall I do to debug?

>  Perhaps in the libreadline gunk used by the shell.

It is an ancient Linux, so this may be a reason.

> If you put the test function in a file and feed it to the shell, then what?

js> load('/home/bioshop/test.js');
4617
462
js>

No crash. Why is it slowlier than the browser?

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