[Chicken-janitors] Re: #158: Incorrect mapping of ncurses C string-retrieval functions to Scheme procedures

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#158: Incorrect mapping of ncurses C string-retrieval functions to Scheme
procedures
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 Reporter:  nsantos     |       Owner:  felix
     Type:  defect      |      Status:  new  
 Priority:  major       |   Milestone:  4.4.0
Component:  extensions  |     Version:  4.3.x
 Keywords:  ncurses     |  
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Comment(by felix):

 Replying to [comment:7 felix]:
 > Replying to [comment:6 felix]:
 > > Replying to [comment:3 zbigniew]:
 > > > Felix: offending commit is
 > > > * 2b2fab2 drop previous safe toplevel assigns if assigned multiple
 times
 > > > Reverting corrects the bus error when compiling ncurses egg.
 > > > Platform macosx
 > > >
 > >
 > > This actually appears to be a compiler bug. I'm working on it.
 >
 > (of course it's a compiler bug - I mean it is caused by an incorrect
 entry in an internal table, not so much by the optimization introduced by
 the commit you mentioned)

 Jim, I have committed a change to `master`. Can you give ncurses a try? I
 don't have access to a UNIX machine right now.

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