[kaffe] String problem / NullPointerException in KJC

[Dalibor Topic]

Salut Guilhem, hallo Helmer,

--- Guilhem Lavaux <guilhem.lavaux at free.fr> wrote:
> On Thursday 03 July 2003 19:22, Dalibor Topic wrote:
> > hi Helmer,
> >
> > --- Helmer Krämer <hkraemer at freenet.de> wrote:
> > > i think even i<k is still wrong ;) n Is the length of the string
> > > and m is the length of the pattern, so the largest possible start
> > > index of the pattern is n-m-1. Therefore it should be n-m-1 and
> > > <=k or n-m and <k, shouldn't it?
> >
> > I've checked Guilhem's patch in as it is.
> >
> > But your stricter interpretation makes sense. Could you build a rt.jar with
> > the current CVS head, and another with a stricter limit and check if they
> > are equal, and that the stricter interpretation passes the regression test
> > suite?
> >
> > cheers,
> > dalibor topic
> >
> 
> I have checked with k=n-m and i<k at the same time against k=n-m and i<=k. 
> Apparently the both give a successful compilation and the disassembly of both
> 
> rt.jar is completely the same. I suggest we keep the strictest limit.

thanks for looking at it. I've checked the strictest limit in.

cheers,
dalibor topic

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