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From: roger@mips.UUCP (Roger March)
Newsgroups: comp.sources.bugs
Subject: EDIF 2.0.0, patch 1 ...
Keywords: Allocation bug, dies horribly on SUNs
Message-ID: <1167@obiwan.UUCP>
Date: 17 Dec 87 17:06:50 GMT
Lines: 27


	  The current string length is not reset in the 'FormString'
	function, and so each call causes larger and large allocations
	to occur. It is wrong, and for reasons unknown, cause SUNs to
	core dump. Anyway, here is a 'patch'-able 'diff' to fix up
	'edif.y' so it works right.
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-your friendly neighborhood Rogue Monster                     roger@mips.com
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*** ../parser.post/edif.y	Thu Dec 17 08:58:59 1987
--- edif.y	Thu Dec 17 08:43:26 1987
***************
*** 3720,3725 ****
--- 3720,3726 ----
      }
      *cp-- = bck->Data[--bck->Index];
    }
+   StringSize = 0;
    return (cp + 1);
  }
  /*
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-your friendly neighborhood Rogue Monster                     roger@mips.com
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