[Rd] segfault on large number of open brackets (PR#7859)

[Liaw, Andy]

I believe that's been fixed in R-2.1.0.  Please check.

I got the same segfault with R-2.0.1 on SuSE Linux x86_64, but on both that
machine and my WinXP latop, I get syntax error.  E.g.,

R : Copyright 2005, The R Foundation for Statistical Computing
Version 2.1.0 Patched (2005-05-12), ISBN 3-900051-07-0

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You are welcome to redistribute it under certain conditions.
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  Natural language support but running in an English locale

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> (((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((
+ (((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((
Error: syntax error

Andy


> From: m.e.bruche at lse.ac.uk
> 
> Full_Name: Max
> Version: R 2.0.1 (2004-11-15)
> OS: Gentoo Linux
> Submission from: (NULL) (158.143.49.181)
> 
> 
> I leaned on the "(" key by accident, and it looks as if R 
> segfaults on a large
> number (88 or more in my case) open brackets:
> 
> Script started on Thu May 12 15:18:04 2005
> $ R
> 
> R : Copyright 2004, The R Foundation for Statistical Computing
> Version 2.0.1  (2004-11-15), ISBN 3-900051-07-0
> 
> R is free software and comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY.
> You are welcome to redistribute it under certain conditions.
> Type 'license()' or 'licence()' for distribution details.
> 
> R is a collaborative project with many contributors.
> Type 'contributors()' for more information and
> 'citation()' on how to cite R or R packages in publications.
> 
> Type 'demo()' for some demos, 'help()' for on-line help, or
> 'help.start()' for a HTML browser interface to help.
> Type 'q()' to quit R.
> 
> > 
> ((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((
> ((((((((((((((((
> (((((((((
> + (
> Segmentation fault
> $ uname -a
> Linux max 2.6.11-gentoo-r6 #2 Sat May 7 19:24:52 GMT 2005 
> i686 Intel(R)
> Pentium(R) 4 CPU 2.40GHz GenuineIntel GNU/Linux
> $ exit
> 
> Script done on Thu May 12 15:18:16 2005
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Max
> 
> R compiled with
> gcc 3.3.5
> glibc-2.3.4
> 
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