From bug-octave-request at bevo dot che dot wisc dot edu  Tue Sep 22 12:15:46 1998
Subject: for over a string matrix core dumps
From: warner at vexcel dot com (Doug Warner)
To: bug-octave at bevo dot che dot wisc dot edu
Date: Tue, 22 Sep 1998 11:15:25 -0600

Bug report for Octave 2.0.13 configured for sparc-sun-solaris2.6

Description:
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Using a string matrix for the values of a for loop variable gets a core dump.

Repeat-By:
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io<510>$ octave
Octave, version 2.0.13 (sparc-sun-solaris2.6).
Copyright (C) 1996, 1997, 1998 John W. Eaton.
This is free software with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY.
For details, type `warranty'.

octave:1> for f = ["foo";"bar"]', endfor
error: segmentation violation -- stopping myself...
attempting to save variables to `octave-core'...
save to `octave-core' complete

Segmentation Fault (core dumped)

Configuration (please do not edit this section):
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uname output:     SunOS io 5.6 Generic_105181-06 sun4m sparc SUNW,SPARCstation-4
configure opts:   --enable-shared --enable-lite-kernel --prefix=/home/warner/local --exec-prefix=/home/warner/local/SunOS
Fortran compiler: f77
FFLAGS:           -O
F2C:              
F2CFLAGS:         
FLIBS:            -Xlinker -R -Xlinker /opt/SUNWspro/lib   -L/opt/SUNWspro/lib -L/opt/SUNWspro/SC4.0/lib -L/usr/ccs/lib -L/usr/lib /opt/SUNWspro/SC4.0/lib/libM77.a -lF77 -lsunmath -lm -lcx
CPPFLAGS:         
INCFLAGS:         -I/home/warner/local/include -I/home/warner/local/include/octave-2.0.13
C compiler:       gcc, version 2.8.1
CFLAGS:           -DHAVE_CONFIG_H  -O2 -Wall
CPICFLAG:         -fPIC
C++ compiler:     c++, version 2.8.1
CXXFLAGS:         -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -fno-rtti -fno-exceptions -fno-implicit-templates -O2 -Wall
CXXPICFLAG:       -fPIC
LDFLAGS:          
LIBFLAGS:         -L/home/warner/local/SunOS/lib/octave-2.0.13
RLD_FLAG:         -Xlinker -R -Xlinker /home/warner/local/SunOS/lib/octave-2.0.13
TERMLIBS:         -lcurses
LIBS:             
LEXLIB:           -ll
LIBPLPLOT:        
LIBDLFCN:         
DEFS:

  -DOCTAVE_SOURCE=1 -DSEPCHAR=':' -DSEPCHAR_STR=":" -DUSE_READLINE=1
  -DCXX_NEW_FRIEND_TEMPLATE_DECL=1 -DF77_APPEND_UNDERSCORE=1
  -DOCTAVE_LITE=1 -DHAVE_LIBSOCKET=1 -DSIZEOF_SHORT=2 -DSIZEOF_INT=4
  -DSIZEOF_LONG=4 -DHAVE_ALLOCA_H=1 -DHAVE_ALLOCA=1 -DNPOS=string::npos
  -DSTDC_HEADERS=1 -DHAVE_DIRENT_H=1 -DTIME_WITH_SYS_TIME=1
  -DHAVE_SYS_WAIT_H=1 -DHAVE_ASSERT_H=1 -DHAVE_CURSES_H=1
  -DHAVE_DLFCN_H=1 -DHAVE_FCNTL_H=1 -DHAVE_FLOAT_H=1
  -DHAVE_FLOATINGPOINT_H=1 -DHAVE_FNMATCH_H=1 -DHAVE_GLOB_H=1
  -DHAVE_GRP_H=1 -DHAVE_IEEEFP_H=1 -DHAVE_LIMITS_H=1 -DHAVE_MEMORY_H=1
  -DHAVE_NAN_H=1 -DHAVE_PWD_H=1 -DHAVE_SGTTY_H=1 -DHAVE_STDLIB_H=1
  -DHAVE_STRING_H=1 -DHAVE_SYS_PARAM_H=1 -DHAVE_SYS_RESOURCE_H=1
  -DHAVE_SYS_SELECT_H=1 -DHAVE_SYS_STAT_H=1 -DHAVE_SYS_TIME_H=1
  -DHAVE_SYS_TIMES_H=1 -DHAVE_SYS_TYPES_H=1 -DHAVE_SYS_UTSNAME_H=1
  -DHAVE_TERMIO_H=1 -DHAVE_TERMIOS_H=1 -DHAVE_UNISTD_H=1
  -DHAVE_VARARGS_H=1 -DHAVE_FNMATCH=1 -DHAVE_GLOB=1 -DHAVE_ATEXIT=1
  -DHAVE_BCOPY=1 -DHAVE_BZERO=1 -DHAVE_DUP2=1 -DHAVE_ENDGRENT=1
  -DHAVE_ENDPWENT=1 -DHAVE_EXE