[erlang-patches] erl_interface bug on 64-bit platforms

[Björn-Egil Dahlberg]

Hi Simon,

Thank you for reporting this and your patch.
I will look into the problem.

Regards,
Björn-Egil
Erlang/OTP

Simon Cornish wrote:
> Hi,
> There is a nasty type-casting bug in erl_interface that affects 64-bit
> platforms.
> An application calling ei_skip_term with a term containing a binary
> will get undefined results (specifically, a core dump under Solaris 10
> x86). A similar bug exists in the implementation of ei_printterm
> Attached is a patch for both.
> Regards,
>  Simon
> 
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