Re: [Gm2] LENGTH and Length report different lengths

[Gaius Mulley]

John O Goyo <address@hidden> writes:

> Witness.
> 
> =================================
> abilio[109]=> cat tstLength.mod
> MODULE tstLength;
> 
> FROM M2RTS IMPORT Length;
> FROM StrIO IMPORT WriteLn, WriteString;
> FROM NumberIO IMPORT WriteCard;
> 
> VAR
>    s :ARRAY[1..5] OF CHAR;
> BEGIN
>    s := "What?";
> 
>    WriteString("LENGTH(s) reports ");
>    WriteCard(LENGTH(s), 4); WriteLn;
> 
>    WriteString("Length(s) reports ");
>    WriteCard(Length(s), 4); WriteLn;
> 
> END tstLength.
> abilio[110]=> gm2 -c -Wiso tstLength.mod
> abilio[111]=> gm2 -o tstLength -I. tstLength.mod
> abilio[112]=> ./tstLength
> LENGTH(s) reports    1
> Length(s) reports    5
> =================================
> 
> I believe that they should agree.
> 
> Sincerely,
> john

Hi John,

many thanks for reporting this and for constructing the test code.
Indeed a bug!

regards,
Gaius