From: Terry Poulin <bigboss64@...>
Date: 2007-08-31T10:09:53+09:00
Subject: Re: Why stack overflow with such a small stack?

Daniel DeLorme wrote:
> Kenneth McDonald wrote:
>> I'm getting the following error:
>>
>> sheet.rb:35:in `values': stack level too deep (SystemStackError)
>>        from sheet.rb:35:in `values'
/* SNIP */
>>        from sheet.rb:52:in `to_s'
>>        from sheet.rb:92
>>
>> The output above is given _in full_. Is Ruby truncating the call stack
>> in this output? If  so, how I can I see a larger snapshot of the stack,
>> so I can trace down where the infinite recursion is really happening? If
>> not, why am I getting this error?
>
> Here's one even shorter:
>  >> def x; x; end; x
> SystemStackError: stack level too deep
>          from (irb):2:in `x'
>          from (irb):2:in `x'
>          from (irb):4
>
> Pretty smart of ruby to avoid a gazillion lines of identical output IMHO
>
> Daniel
>
>

It's nice to see a smart little gem in them thar rubies  ;-)


I remmeber how long it took for a C Program to crash from the number of
function calls.... Dang thats a good Ruby.


TerryP.


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