Load path infinite loop

[Jaroslav Hajek]

On Fri, May 22, 2009 at 12:02 AM, Joel LeBlanc <jwleblan at gmail.com> wrote:
> Bug report for Octave 3.0.5 configured for i386-apple-darwin
> Description:
> -----------
>     When a function is executed and then another, different function, of the
> same name takes precedence on the path, attempts to execute the 2nd function
> causes octave to hang with a CPU load of 100%.  I suspect an infinite loop.
> Repeat-By:
> ---------
>     1) Place two copies of the following function in 2 different folders not
> already on your path.
>
>     function nullFun
>     end
>
>     2) cd to the first directory and execute nullFun.  Then cd to the 2nd
> directory, and try to execute the 2nd instance of nullFun.  This will case a
> hang with CPU load of 100%.
> NOTE:  The trivial nature of nullFun is not a factor.
>

Doesn't seem to happen with development sources.

cheers

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RNDr. Jaroslav Hajek
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Aeronautical Research and Test Institute (VZLU)
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