Re: bash segfaults on simple function

[Scott McDermott]

Paul Jarc on Tue 29/07 14:10 -0400:
> Scott McDermott <vaxerdec@frontiernet.net> wrote:
> > well maybe not allocation failure:
> >
> >         while true; do shift; done
> 
> No, it is allocation failure.  $search grows without bound:
> 
> >>>>                 search="$search%22$param%22";
> 
> I agree that an error message would be nice.

no but I'm saying that a simple

        while true; do shift; done

alone, will suffice to segfault the shell.