[R] problems with for: warnings and segfault

Peter Dalgaard p.dalgaard at biostat.ku.dk
Fri Nov 11 19:46:51 CET 2005


Mike Miller <mbmiller at taxa.epi.umn.edu> writes:

> On Fri, 11 Nov 2005, Ronaldo Reis-Jr. wrote:
> 
> > Segmentation fault
> >
> > This is a R bug or an error in my for function?
> 
> 
> All seg faults are bugs.

Within reason... If users go out of their way to cause havoc, e.g.
calling C/Fortran entry points with incorrect parameters, they deserve
what they get. "Normal" abuse of the language shouldn't crash R. 

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