[Vm-dev] Array new: SmallInteger maxVal

[Bert Freudenberg]

On 07.10.2009, at 22:37, Michael van der Gulik wrote:

>
>
> On Wed, Oct 7, 2009 at 9:17 PM, Torsten Bergmann <astares at gmx.de>  
> wrote:
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> VisualWorks throws an exception "Size exceeds implementation limit  
> of 2^28 elements".
>
> Pharo and Squeak also crash the VM when you evaluate:
>
>   (Array new: SmallInteger maxVal) last
>
> What is interesting is that when you doIt in Squeak trunk:
>
> (Array new: SmallInteger maxVal) last
>
> nothing happens, but VM crashes when you printIt
>
> In Pharo VM already crashes when you just doIt.
>
> It crashes in both when you inspectIt.
>
>
> ...should this be fixed in the image or the VM?
>
> Is it the responsibility of the image to make sure that the VM isn't  
> passed insane values, or is the responsibility of the VM to not  
> crash when the image asks for insane values.

The latter.

- Bert -


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