[info-mcl] process crash

[Ron Garret]

On Jul 22, 2009, at 3:48 PM, Terje Norderhaug wrote:

> On Jul 21, 2009, at 11:39 AM, Terje Norderhaug wrote:
>> On Jul 20, 2009, at 4:22 PM, Alexander Repenning wrote:
>>> Just wondering... has anybody found any work around the process
>>> problems in RMCL. At least so far I have not been able to use
>>> process-run-function in a way that is NOT causing a crash.
>>
>> I have found that there are some situations in which starting a
>> process on RMCL leads to a crash (G4/OSX 10.4.11) while starting a
>> process works fine in other situations. Perhaps by mapping it out, we
>> can find patterns and clues to resolve the issue?
>>
>> As I've mentioned already, evaluating a process-run-function in the
>> listener typically leads to a crash:
>>
>> (process-run-function "Seldom Starts" (lambda ()()))
>
> Here is something curious: If I first create a new listener with the
> New Listener menu item, evaluating the process-run-function in either
> listener does NOT lead to a crash. However, if I create a new
> listener then close it, evaluating process-run-function in the
> remaining listener leads to a crash. All assuming a freshly started
> vanilla RMCL, in my case on a G4/OSX 10.4.11. Is this a common
> experience or unique for my setup?

Unique to you apparently.  I don't crash in either case.  I'm running  
10.5.7 on a Macbook Pro.

rg