From: Andrew Walrond <andrew@...>
Date: 2004-01-15T20:24:28+09:00
Subject: YAML bug: ruby 1.8.1 (2003-12-05) [i686-linux]

When dumping a Hash containing a string with a length greater than about 4100, 
ruby segfaults:

	...
	4099
	4100
	4101
	4102
	4103
	/pkg/ruby.2/lib/ruby/1.8/yaml.rb:193: [BUG] Segmentation fault
	ruby 1.8.1 (2003-12-05) [i686-linux]

Easily reproduced here with simple test 

	#!/bin/ruby

	require 'yaml'

	len = 1
	while true
 		a = {"test"=>'x'*len}
		puts len
		b = YAML.dump(a)
		len += 1
	end


I've tried two different machines; The magic number of one is 4103 and the 
other is 4175

This is coincidentally close to a 4k buffer perhaps???

Andrew Walrond