[Rd] Segmentation fault when options(max.print = .Machine$integer.max)

Martin Maechler
Tue, 25 Sep 2012 12:26:24 -0000

> Seemed like a good idea at the time,

I'm curious.  Why is it (setting max.print much too large)
a good idea?

> but
>  >   options(max.print = .Machine$integer.max)
>  >   1:10
>           [1]
> Program received signal SIGSEGV, Segmentation fault.

> because of an integer overflow at src/main/printvector.c:176

>  > sessionInfo()
> R Under development (unstable) (2012-09-24 r60800)
> Platform: x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu (64-bit)
> ...

> also R-patched, etc.

Thank you, Martin.   I'm about to commit fixes for this.
"another" Martin.


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