[Help-smalltalk] Re: GNU Smalltalk Segfault with a Script I Wrote

[Shlomi Fish]

On Wednesday 07 June 2006 09:54, Paolo Bonzini wrote:
> Shlomi Fish wrote:
> > Hi!
> >
> > The attached script causes GNU Smalltalk (version 2.1.12, installed from
> > source) to crash. I'm using Mandriva 2006.
>
> You are not loading the SUnit package, so your MsfTest class a) does not
> implement #run: and b) derives from nil.  It is normal to have a crash
> if you call a method that is not understood by a class that does not
> implement #doesNotUnderstand:.

I see. That's not good. gst should never crash.

>
> I am currently thinking of a scripting syntax that will catch mistakes
> like this.
>
> It works if you add a
>
>     PackageLoader fileInPackage: #SUnit!
>
> line at the top, and change the last line to "t run".
>

Thanks!

Regards,

        Shlomi Fish

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