Subj : Re: SpiderMonkey crashes on invalid JSAtom*
To   : netscape.public.mozilla.jseng
From : "Steven C. Cole" <scole@planetweb.com>
Date : Wed Feb 19 2003 11:06 am

itaj sherman wrote:
> hi,
> 
> i'm experiencing crashes in my application that have to with the atom table
> that SpiderMonkey keeps on the JSRuntime.

Could you be running a GC from within a resolve hook (or any other hook 
for that matter)?   The atom table isn't rooted during resolve, and a 
JS_GC there will blow it away, leading to the type of problem you're 
experiencing.  (It happened to us...)

--scole

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