Stack overflow in main.scm

[David Reiser]

On Oct 8, 2009, at 10:26 AM, Derek Atkins wrote:

> David
>
> David Reiser <dbreiser at earthlink.net> writes:
>
>> I get a stack overflow when trying to run a Cash Flow report in
>> gnucash built either from the 2.3.7 tarball or svn r18372. But it  
>> is a
>> different error in each case.
>>
>> In both cases, just launch gnucash ( I have about 8 registers open by
>> default) and pick the Cash Flow report. The progress bar nearly
>> completes before the crash.
> [snip]
>> /sw/share/gnucash/guile-modules/gnucash/main.scm:128:46: In  
>> expression
>> (cdr remaining-elements):
>> /sw/share/gnucash/guile-modules/gnucash/main.scm:128:46: Stack  
>> overflow
>>
>>
>> cashflow report from svn r18372:
> [snip]
>> /opt/gnucash-svn/share/gnucash/guile-modules/gnucash/main.scm:120:16:
>> In expression (list? lst):
>> /opt/gnucash-svn/share/gnucash/guile-modules/gnucash/main.scm:120:16:
>> Stack overflow
>>
>> The only difference should be that the swig I use for trunk builds is
>> 1.3.40 vs. whatever version is used for constructing the tarballs.
>>
>> Mac OS X 10.6.1, Apple's gcc 4.2.1, guile 1.8.6, slib 3b1 (plus a
>> guile patch for slib committed to their trunk just after 3b1 was
>> released)
>
> What happens if you change the value of the stack in main.scm?
> E.g., change:
>
> (debug-set! maxdepth 100000)
> (debug-set! stack    200000)
>
> to something higher, like:
>
> (debug-set! maxdepth 150000)
> (debug-set! stack    300000)
>
> ???
from trunk:

/opt/gnucash-svn/share/gnucash/guile-modules/gnucash/main.scm:127:40:  
In expression (car remaining-elements):
/opt/gnucash-svn/share/gnucash/guile-modules/gnucash/main.scm:127:40:  
Stack overflow

or
from tarball:

<unnamed port>: In expression (car dirs):
<unnamed port>: Stack overflow


>
>> Dave
>> --
>> David Reiser
>> dbreiser at earthlink.net
>
> -derek
>
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