[OctDev] Re: (octave-forge) segfault in dlmread

[David B. <Dav...@mo...>]

Tom Bergan wrote:

>Hello, I believe there's a bug in dlmread - it segfaults when the file is empty.
> This fix works on my machine:
>
>line 159:
>  if((long int)flen == 0) {
>      // file is empty
>    ComplexMatrix cm(0,0);
>    retval(0) = cm;
>    return retval;
>  }
>  OCTAVE_LOCAL_BUFFER(char,line,(long int)flen)
>
>I'm not familiar enough with the code to know if this fix is suitable, so I
>haven't added this to CVS.
>
>-Tom Bergan
>
>  
>
I think I'd be inclined to do the patch something like the attached... 
However, its not my code and so I'll let someone else comment before 
applying it..

D.

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