From: matz@... (Yukihiro Matsumoto)
Date: 2002-09-18T09:35:35+09:00
Subject: Re: Matz, if you're reading, please scan this email

Hi,

In message "Matz, if you're reading, please scan this email"
    on 02/09/18, Sean Russell <ser@germane-software.com> writes:

|I've found a problem with the Ruby interpreter, wherein the
|interpreter seg faults.  I have not found a way to reliably reproduce
|this; like the Great White Shark, I've only seen it reproduce in the
|wild.  I hesitate, therefore, to submit a formal bug report.
|
|However, I have noticed that certain situations can increase the
|possibility of these segfaults occurring.  I believe it has to do with
|the actual internal translation of source to execution.  Hmm.  That's
|pretty obscure.  Try this:
|
|In cases where Ruby code re-defines the same method several times in a
|row, it is more likely that Ruby will segfault at some obscure point
|in the program. It also seems to be aggravated by threaded code.

I will examine.  Could you show us your ruby -v output?

							matz.