From: "HelloTree, Inc." Date: 2002-10-09T13:04:52+09:00 Subject: reproducable bug Hello, So here's the code: ----- BEGIN CODE ----- require 'socket' ... sock = TCPSocket.new (SERVER_ADDRESS, SERVER_PORT) a = 'a' a[0..0] = '' sock.puts(String.new(a)) # CRASH! puts 'We never get here.' ----- END CODE ----- Just fill in your favorite ip address and port. I don't know if this is a bug in Array[]=, or in String.new (which I doubt, but if you just use 'a' instead of 'String.new(a)', it doesn't crash) or a TCPSocket problem, but you have to use all of these for it to crash. If it matters, I am using the 1.7.2 windows build from rubycentral.com: ruby 1.7.2 (2002-07-02) [i386-mswin32] So... any takers? Chris