From: Marek Janukowicz <childNOSPAM@...17.ds.pwr.wroc.pl>
Date: 2003-09-04T04:23:31+09:00
Subject: Re: [BUG] unknown node type 0

On Thu, 4 Sep 2003 01:57:38 +0900, Hal Fulton wrote:
> Hello, all.
> 
> Who else has seen this error?
> 
>     [BUG] unknown node type 0
>     ruby 1.8.0 (2003-08-04) [i686-linux-gnu]
> 
>     Aborted (core dumped)
> 
> I'm on a quest to reproduce it reliably. Programmers often
> have trouble reproducing. :)
> 
> It's a strange and subtle bug. The slightest change in an
> unrelated part of the source code will make it go away.
> 
> Adding a (truly irrelevant) blank line or a commented line
> will make it go away.
 
I've seen this error several times. I also had a problem reproducing it.
I can confirm all the symptoms you reported (including the workaround by
adding blank line). The only difference is that I was using Ruby 1.6.8
then. After upgrading to 1.8.0 I've never seen the bug again.

-- 
Marek Janukowicz