R documentation -- buffer overflow? (PR#3400)
On Fri, Jul 04, 2003 at 06:04:07PM +0200, maechler@stat.math.ethz.ch wrote:
I don't think so. When I use cut and paste to recreate your
file,
and do (in a {t}csh; (ba|k)?sh needs another syntax)
R CMD Rdconv --debug -t txt xswms2d.Rd >& xswms2d.txt
The resulting file becomes
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-- read file 'xswms2d.Rd';
-- mark_brackets:............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................!
.............................
******* Syntax error: mismatched or missing brackets in
/-----
\name{xswms2d}
\alias{xswms2d}
\title{Modelling of water flux and solute transport}
<..........>
<..........>
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and is even a bit larger than the original.
I can hardly believe that
``Syntax error: mismatched or missing brackets in ...''
is caused by a (perl) buffer overflow.
I played with it to, and found that commenting out a single line was enough to trigger the fault. And that line had no issues with brackets. Something fishy happening here ... Dirk
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