Re: [Caml-list] Beta release of OCaml 4.00.0

["Török Edwin" <edwin+ml-ocaml@etorok.net>]

On 06/09/2012 08:19 PM, Gabriel Scherer wrote:
> This is related to a segfault in Scanf that was discovered (by
> Jianzhou Zhao, on this list) a few months ago :
> http://caml.inria.fr/mantis/view.php?id=5380 . The compability break
> was also reported previously on mantis :
> http://caml.inria.fr/mantis/view.php?id=5605
> 
> On Sat, Jun 9, 2012 at 7:05 PM, Richard W.M. Jones <rich@annexia.org> wrote:
>> On Sat, Jun 09, 2012 at 07:09:58AM +0200, rixed@happyleptic.org wrote:
>>>> The release of OCaml version 4.00.0 is approaching.  We have
>>>> created a beta version for your testing pleasure.  Please
>>>> download the sources, compile, install, and test your favourite
>>>> software with it.  Then let me know what happened, one way or
>>>> the other.
>>>
>>> The first failure I got is from oUnit setup.ml which attempt to
>>> scanf "%S %S@\n", but using the @ after a %S (not %s) does not
>>> work the same as in 3.12.1 : it looks for a '@' instead of interpreting
>>> it as a scanning indication.
>>> The manual says that scanning indications are for %s and %[range],
>>> so it seams setup.ml is to blame, though.

OASIS 0.3.0~rc6 should have a fix for this, quoting from its CHANGES.txt:
" * Version 0.3.0

  * EXTREMLY IMPORTANT changes (read this):

    * Fix bug with scanf %S@\n for ocaml 3.13. We were unfortunetaly using an
      undocumented tolerance of Scanf in the previous version. You should
      consider making new release using this version that fixed this."

Best regards,
--Edwin