Re: [Chicken-users] segfault is not enough

[Felix Winkelmann]

Joerg F. Wittenberger wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I just compiled a program with these flags
>
> CSCFLAGS=-case-sensitive -keyword-style suffix -extend extend.scm -optimize-level 2 -debug-level 0 
>
> and wondered why it segfaulted.  I forgot to implement a certain
> function.  :-/
>
> I feel that a segfault is not exactly what a Scheme system should do,
> at least not when not compiled unsafe.

If you forget to define a function and didn't get an error message,
then there is a bug in the compiler or runtime-system. Normally
unbound variables *always* signal an error.

Would you care to send me the exact code that caused the problem?


cheers,
felix