Re: [bug-gawk] Core dump in gawk 4.2.0

[arnold]

Hi.

"Andrew J. Schorr" <address@hidden> wrote:

> Oops -- I didn't see your patch before hitting send.  Looks like you're
> solving it at the source of the problem, so this is a better solution.

Yes. My first impulse was along the lines of your initial fix, but then
I decided to try to figure out how we got a null stptr, since at first
glance, that shouldn't happen.

> On the other hand -- is it possible for a non-empty internationalized
> string to translate to an empty string? If not, might this be a better
> fix?

I think it's better to have the interpreter do what the program says,
which is

        fetch the translation for the string
        test it for nonzero/nonnull
        invert the result

and not try to be too smart otherwise.  If some idiot translator
explicitly supplies an empty translation for a nonempty original string,
gawk will still do what the program says it should do.

So, I think I want to leave well enough alone.

Thanks,

Arnold