Subj : Exception in Mozila JS DLL
To   : Digital Man
From : Nightfox
Date : Mon Aug 16 2021 12:37:18

  Re: Exception in Mozila JS DLL
  By: Digital Man to Nightfox on Mon Aug 16 2021 10:25 am

 >> out where in the code it crashed, if it crashed.  This morning I saw
 >> VS reported an exception had been thrown in mozjs185-1.0.dll.  Since
 >> we don't have the debug symbols for that library, it wasn't able to
 >> show where in the code it happened..  It seemed Visual Studio was
 >> frozen, so I had to force-kill it, and Synchronet closed too. At least
 >> I know it's something with the Mozilla JS library.  I'm not sure if
 >> there's a JS script I have that's doing something wrong (I've been
 >> wondering if it's one of my mods) or if there's a bug in the Mozilla
 >> JS library. 

 DM> It shouldn't be possible for a JS script to do something so wrong as to
 DM> crash SBBS. Or at least, that's the goal. 

 DM> The call stack should have indicated where the JS library functions were
 DM> called from within the SBBS code (and with what arguments) and that could
 DM> help to determine what's at fault. Sometimes bugs in SBBS can cause a
 DM> crash in the JS library, so just because its crashing in the JS library
 DM> doesn't necessarily mean it is at fault. -- 

I got a screenshot of Visual Studio which I probably should have shared earlier.  The call stack didn't seem to show much useful information though:

https://i.imgur.com/Qb6Lewz.png

Nightfox

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