Re: [ft-devel] assertion failure in cf2hints.c

[Derek B. Noonburg]

On 2015 Oct 15, Werner LEMBERG wrote:
> 
>> I've run across a font that causes an assertion failure at line 591
>> in cf2hints.c:
>> 
>>     /* paired edges must be in proper order */
>>     FT_ASSERT( !isPair                                         ||
>>                topHintEdge->csCoord >= bottomHintEdge->csCoord );
>> 
>> I'm wondering: is there some reason this is an assertion, rather
>> than an error that gets reported back to the caller?  I.e., why
>> doesn't it fall into the same general category as any other sort of
>> invalid/corrupted font?
> 
> I don't think there's a specific reason for this.  This code was
> simply inherited while integrating it to FreeType, and up to now we
> haven't seen a failure here.
> 
>> I can extract the font and post it, if needed.
> 
> Please file a bug report and attach the failing font to it!

Done: bug #46215.

Thanks.

- Derek