Re: [Gretl-devel] a short script to crash Gretl on xp: working modification
On Tue, 22 Sep 2015, oleg_komashko(a)ukr.net wrote:
Dear Allin,
This script doesn't crashes
Thanks, Oleh. So know we know, by the empirical method, that running
a double loop over p and q (with a max of p=2, q=2) in arma
estimation is not in itself a sufficient cause of a crash on Windows
XP.
The forensic method in software development often proceeds by
seeking the minimal program that provokes a crash. So now we need to
look a little further. Does it make a difference if the loops start
at p=0, q=0, rather than p=1, q=1 as in my script (all else
unchanged)?
Thanks very much for helping to debug this issue.
> [C]ould I ask you just to confirm Yes or No, whether the script
> that I posted crashes on XP? Here it is again:
>
> nulldata 100
> setobs 1 1 --special-time-series
> set seed 77431
> series y = normal()
> loop p=1..2 -q
> loop q=1..2 -q
> catch arma p q ; y -q
> endloop
> endloop
Allin