Re: [Vala] Getting corrupted results when returning array of strings

[Nor Jaidi Tuah <norjaidi tuah ubd edu bn>]

> Scope is supposed to hold "variables" (strings) and "arrays of
> variables" and provide capability to try and fetch these from parent
> scopes if the variable is not defined in the current scope. It doesn't
> even have to do that in the error case below.
> Dumping "result" before return is reached yields corrupted strings.
>
> public class Scope: Object {
>
>     protected weak Scope    parent;
>     protected Variable      local;
> (...)
>     public string?[]? get_array(string uri) {
>
>         string?[]? result = this.local.get_array(uri);
>
>         if (result == null && this.parent != null) { //! result != null here
>
>             result = this.parent.get_array(uri);
>         }
>
>         //! at this point result values appear to be invalid
>
>         return result;
>     }
> (...)
> }

Perhaps "parent", being weak, is no longer referring
to a valid object. Remove "weak" and see.

Nice day
Nor Jaidi Tuah




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