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$* gpf bug
#50469 21/09/03 12:56 AM
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This command:
Code:
//tokenize 44 a b c d e f | echo -a $*
either typed in an editbox or executed from within a script, crashes mirc. Sometimes you need to type it twice or more to make it crash, but most of the times once is enough. It doesn't seem to have anything to do with the number chosen for token separator.

Re: $* gpf bug
#50470 21/09/03 01:05 AM
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i just tested it in mirc 6.03 and 6.1 and one time in each it crashed it without even a warning or error .. just closed the program out. both were completely scriptless versions and one tested on a mirc with several scripts installed.

Re: $* gpf bug
#50471 21/09/03 01:06 AM
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what does $* actually do crazy

coz i tried this:

Code:
tidy_trax_2 : !say $* 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
  	tidy_trax_4 : !say 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
  	tidy_trax_4 : $* 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
  	tidy_trax_4 : 1 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
  	tidy_trax_4 : 2 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
  	tidy_trax_4 : 3 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
  	tidy_trax_4 : 4 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
  	tidy_trax_4 : 5 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
  	tidy_trax_4 : 6 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
  	tidy_trax_4 : 7 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
  	tidy_trax_4 : 8 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
  	tidy_trax_4 : 9 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
  	tidy_trax_4 : 10 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

on tidy:TEXT:!say *:#:{
say $eval($2-,2)
}

Re: $* gpf bug
#50472 21/09/03 02:33 AM
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It does a loop, then halts the script.
"<command> $*" calls "<command>" $0 times, each time assigning a $N parameter to it.

alias blah { echo -a -> $* }
/blah a b c d e
-> a
-> b
-> c
-> d
-> e

Re: $* gpf bug
#50473 21/09/03 02:41 AM
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ah, thanks smile

Re: $* gpf bug
#50474 24/09/03 03:16 PM
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Strangely for me this crashes 6.03 instantly, But i can do it in 6.1 to my hearts content and it doesn't crash.. I'm on Windows Millenium here.
Re: $* gpf bug
#50475 24/09/03 03:21 PM
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BTW, I was wrong, $* doesn't halt the script.

Re: $* gpf bug
#50476 24/09/03 03:22 PM
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It worked perfectly in both 6.03 & 6.1 for me.

Quote:
//tokenize 44 a b c d e f | echo -a $*


Actually I tried that just one time and it worked fine.
So I tried it a few minutes later & then again a couple of seconds later and 6.03 & 6.1 crashed, and now it keeps crashing everytime I try it.

Last edited by r0ck0; 24/09/03 03:32 PM.
Re: $* gpf bug
#50477 24/09/03 03:26 PM
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Doesn't crash here. I typed several times.. from a script, it freezed mIRC when called from a loop, though.. but no crash.

(mIRC 6.1, w98SE)
Re: $* gpf bug
#50478 24/09/03 03:46 PM
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Yeah i tried it something like 20 times in 6.1 and it doesn't crash for me. Crashes instantly in 6.03. It must be something do with different hardware or operating systems, no doubt the bug is legitimate...

Re: $* gpf bug
#50479 24/09/03 11:02 PM
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Note this parallel thread, perhaps there's some correlation between these two bugs.

Does it ever crash mIRC on its first use, or only subsequent uses?
Does it ever crash if $0 is greater-than 1?

Neither of these crashes 6.03 or 6.10.
//tokenize 44 a | echo -a $*
//tokenize 44 a b c d e | echo -a $*
This echos the text then produces a GPF in 6.03 on the first try, but does not crash 6.10.
//tokenize 44 a b c d e f | echo -a $*
This produces a GPF in 6.03 without echoing any text, but does not crash 6.10.
//tokenize 44 a b c d e f g | echo -a $*
This produces a GPF in 6.03 AND 6.10, but only echos text in 6.10 before crashing.
//tokenize 44 a b c d e f g h | echo -a $*
And so on.

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Re: $* gpf bug
#50480 27/09/03 03:07 AM
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Strangely enough, //tokenize 44 a b c d e f | echo 4 -a $* doesn't crash.

Re: $* gpf bug
#50481 29/09/03 12:24 AM
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i looked through the help and couldnt find any about $* so maybe im thinking its a unsupported function.

But anyway. I noticed certian things when i was doing it.
such as
alias asd {
echo -a $*
echo -a -#1 $1-
echo -a $*
echo -a -#2 $1-
}
/asd a b c d e f
a
b
c
d
e
f
-#1 a b c d e f
-#2 a b c d e f

seems the second $* doesnt have anything to process, i think $* keeps a running total of what passed parameter its up to.
as
tokenize 32 a b c
echo -a $*
tokenize 32 q w e r t y
echo -a $*

Results in
a
b
c
r
t
y

I believe this command is way to unreliable to use ever!
Re: $* gpf bug
#50482 30/09/03 07:19 PM
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Please see this thread.

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