On Wed, Jul 06, 2016 at 06:43:25AM -0700, marcel.taeumel wrote:
> Hi, there!
> 
> Is it okay that there is an endless recursion when evaluating "String new: -1"?

No, it is not okay. It should fail with a primitive failure.

Dave


> 
> ...
> ByteString class(Behavior)>>handleFailingFailingBasicNew:
> ByteString class(Behavior)>>handleFailingBasicNew:
> ByteString class(Behavior)>>basicNew:
> ByteString class(Behavior)>>handleFailingFailingBasicNew:
> ByteString class(Behavior)>>handleFailingBasicNew:
> ByteString class(Behavior)>>basicNew:
> ByteString class(Behavior)>>handleFailingFailingBasicNew:
> ByteString class(Behavior)>>handleFailingBasicNew:
> ByteString class(Behavior)>>basicNew:
> ...
> 
> I would like to have an error signaled instead. Note that the -1 is just an
> example for a bad computation. The error I get is "Space is low" then. :-)
> 
> 
> Best,
> Marcel
> 
> 
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