Re: [Tiny-cobol-users] Segmentation fault

[David E. <de...@ar...>]

On 19/06/03, Jim Morcombe wrote:

> I seem to have run into a problem.
> I am using a script called "comp" to run 
> the compiler and line 34 of the script is 
> the actual "htcobol" command.
>
> I keep getting the following error message:
>
> comp:line34: 14503 Segmentation fault
> htcobol -c -g -C -F -P -I $COBCPY $PROG.cbl
> return code 139
>
> I think I may have hit some kind of limit on the compiler.  
> If I "comment out" any line defining a variable in the 
> WORKING-STORAGE SECTION, then it compiles correctly.  
> As soon as I remove the comment, the compiler crashes.
>
> Even if I just comment out a line like this, it works:
>
> 01  FILLER                 PIC X(4)             VALUE "L20".
>
> The number "14503" reported in the error message changes slightly 
> as I comment out different variables, but always seems to stay 
> between 14500 and 14600.

There is a compiler limit, which may, or not, be the cause of this problem.

I have forgotten the details, but it should not seg fault, as there was
some code to trap the error.

Could you send me some sample code, which I could test ?