I think the problem is in the primitive error code checking. The primitive
is failing with #'bad argument' but the fallback code attempts to handle it
as #'insufficient object memory'. It then tries to free some memory, fails
to correct the problem, and raises a "Space is low" notifier.

Dave


On Thu, Jul 07, 2016 at 09:23:14AM +0200, Levente Uzonyi wrote:
> Someone seems to have trimmed the versions in the changes file. In Squeak 
> 4.4 Behavior >> #basicNew: had the following body:
> 
> 	<primitive: 71>
> 	self isVariable ifFalse:
> 		[self error: self printString, ' cannot have variable sized 
> 		instances'].
> 	(sizeRequested isInteger and: [sizeRequested >= 0]) ifTrue:
> 		["arg okay; space must be low."
> 		OutOfMemory signal.
> 		^ self basicNew: sizeRequested  "retry if user proceeds"].
> 	self primitiveFailed
> 
> So, non-integer and negative arguments were primitive failures.
> 
> Levente
> 
> 
> On Wed, 6 Jul 2016, David T. Lewis wrote:
> 
> >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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> >>http://forum.world.st/Endless-recursion-String-new-1-tp4905179.html
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> >
> >