[PD-dev] message crash when using menuclose on patch

[Antoine Rousseau]

>
> modifying a linked list while iterating over it

yes. And if (for this name) there is only one receiver (the one which is
deleted when the message is received), then the end of the list is reached
before trying to access next element, so it *should* not crash.

Strangely, trying to 'menuclose' self top-level patch (through
[namecanvas]) crashes Pd, excepting when the patch isn't yet saved (newly
created one).

That said, I think that @Dan could use dynamic patching; I've just
successfully tested creating/destroying abstractions every 5 millis, while
the abstractions were forwarding a value updated every millisecond from
master patch, without any crash.



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2017-09-27 22:38 GMT+02:00 IOhannes m zmölnig <zmoelnig at iem.at>:

> On 09/27/2017 04:51 PM, Antoine Rousseau wrote:
> > I just found out that if 2 instances of the same file are opened,
> sending a
> > "pd-PatchName.pd menuclose" crashes Pd. I don't know if it is related to
> > your problem.
>
> iirc that has been reported on the tracker (on sf, i think) a while ago.
>
> the problem is basically that you are modifying a linked list while
> iterating over it (which is forbidden in a lot of high level languages
> for a good reason).
>
> afaict, iemguts' [canvasdelete] object provides a sane way to delete
> open patches (or instantiated abstractions).
> (but it's GPLed, so it might be of limited use if your target platform
> is libpd/iOS)
>
> cmx
> IOhannes
>
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