On Thu, Jul 02, 2009 at 08:19:01AM +0200, Werner LEMBERG wrote: > > I think we should just add a discussion about common errors in LM > > 5.2 (also, make sure you include the highly cryptic error message > > when you forget a } ). > > I just wonder whether this cryptic error message can be improved, for > example, by adding a note for the user to check the existence of the > closing brace. Unfortunately, I don't know enough about guile stuff > to answer whether this is possible at all.
That was the point of my "canary" comment. It was a bit cryptic... one way of guarding againsty stack-smashing (memory) attacks is by adding a special marker at the end of memory. If that marker ever gets modified, then you know that something altered memory that shouldn't have been altered, so there's either a serious bug or a hostile attack. ok, granted, the ability to modify memory that you shouldn't be able to modify is itself a serious bug. But you get the point. :) The "meow... yum" comment was about a cat eating the canary, since I like cats. This would be a fantasic job for a Frog, BTW. Cheers, - Graham _______________________________________________ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user
