From: Todd Benson <caduceass@...>
Date: 2008-03-19T20:13:43+09:00
Subject: Re: using system to echo "hello world" gives SystemStackError

On Wed, Mar 19, 2008 at 5:00 AM, Thufir <hawat.thufir@gmail.com> wrote:
> I can't fathom this error regarding the stack:
>
>  thufir@arrakis:~/sun_tutorial$
>  thufir@arrakis:~/sun_tutorial$ cat build.rb
>  require 'compile'
>
>
>  compile
>  thufir@arrakis:~/sun_tutorial$
>  thufir@arrakis:~/sun_tutorial$ cat compile.rb
>  def compile
>         system(echo compile)
>  end
>  thufir@arrakis:~/sun_tutorial$
>  thufir@arrakis:~/sun_tutorial$ ruby build.rb
>  ./compile.rb:2: warning: parenthesize argument(s) for future version
>  ./compile.rb:2:in `compile': stack level too deep (SystemStackError)
>         from ./compile.rb:2:in `compile'
>         from build.rb:4
>  thufir@arrakis:~/sun_tutorial$
>  thufir@arrakis:~/sun_tutorial$
>
>
>
>
>  thanks,
>
>  Thufir

I don't know anything about compile.  But with #system, I think you
are supposed to have the parameter in quotes.

Right now, your function is recursive with no exit.

Todd