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- Subject: Re: bug of GC "step"
- From: Makoto Hamanaka <naraxx800@...>
- Date: Thu, 03 Jul 2008 03:02:40 +0900
Thanks for using your time to reproduce the problem.
> > It is the result. The last call to collectgarbage("step",0) never returns.
> > I waited 40 minutes and it doesn't respond.
> >
> >
> >> collectgarbage("setpause",100)
> >> collectgarbage("setstepmul",2000)
> >> collectgarbage("stop")
> >> collectgarbage("step",0)
> >>
> Same results here on Gentoo (5.1.1 compiled from source), and Windows
> with 5.1.3 from LuaBinaries. However, Windows x64 5.1.3 LuaBinaries
> completes.
So, the problem is not alone on my machine ;-)
I don't have Windows 64bit box to test, but it is interesting.
> I'm not sure if this is really a bug, as I'm not familiar with the
> internals of the garbage collection system and it does indeed say the
> behavior is 'non-specified', but I can say that I don't think Lua should
> ever enter an infinite loop.
I agree.
Thanks,
Makoto Hamanaka <naraxx800@yahoo.co.jp>