[erlang-bugs] Bug in HiPE compiled compiler

[Mikael Pettersson]

Adam Lindberg writes:
 > Hi,
 > 
 > The following module produces a compiler error in R13B03 and R13B04:
 > 
 > -module(a).
 > f() -> hipe is broken.
 > 
 > 
 > The error is, just as expected:
 > $> erlc a.erl
 > a.erl:2: syntax error before: is
 > 
 > 
 > However, if the compiler is HiPE compiled (with NATIVE_LIBS_ENABLED=yes), the following error occurs:
 > 
 > $> erlc a.erl
 > a.erl:none: internal error in parse_module;
 > crash reason: {function_clause,[{erl_parse,yeccpars2_6,7},
 >                                 {erl_parse,yeccpars0,5},
 >                                 {epp,parse_file,1},
 >                                 {epp,parse_file,1},
 >                                 {epp,parse_file,3},
 >                                 {compile,parse_module,1},
 >                                 {compile,'-internal_comp/4-anonymous-1-',2},
 >                                 {compile,fold_comp,3}]}

I can't reproduce this with R14A on i686-linux.

If you can still trigger the failure with R14A, please show us the
complete sequence of steps needed to reproduce it.

/Mikael