Re: [Jsdoc-user] prototype object parsing bug

[Gabriel R. <gab...@gm...>]

On 7/17/07, Cameron Davison <cam...@gm...> wrote:
> using perl v5.8.7 built for cygwin-thread-multi-64int
> using jsdoc v1.10.2
>
> The line following the comment "#Alter the prototype-initialization
> blocks" kills the running perl execution while trying to parse a large
> object. I have attached some source code that is completely contrive,
> just to illustrate the point. If you comment out the line that says it
> causes an error it works fine, but if you leave it in it make it too
> large and causes perl to crash without a stack trace.
>

Yes, this is an unfortunate situation that seems to occur from time to
time. I can't say much more than that it's a bug in perl, as JSDoc is
pure perl, and perl should never segfault. There's a bit more
information on this issue on the third FAQ at
<http://jsdoc.sourceforge.net/#faq>.

Regards,

Gabriel