Bugs item #3195, was opened at 2006-01-06 20:22 You can respond by visiting: http://rubyforge.org/tracker/?func=detail&atid=1698&aid=3195&group_id=426 Category: Core Group: None Status: Open Resolution: None Priority: 3 Submitted By: Xue Yong Zhi (yawl) Assigned to: Nobody (None) Summary: ruby interpreter crashes with invalid input Initial Comment: NULL pointer reference will happen when the following program is parsed: C:\ruby-1.8.4-i386-mswin32\bin>ruby -e 'def a=.a=;end' -e:1: identifier a= is not valid -e:1: [BUG] Segmentation fault ruby 1.8.4 (2005-12-24) [i386-mswin32] This application has requested the Runtime to terminate it in an unusual way. Please contact the application's support team for more information. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- You can respond by visiting: http://rubyforge.org/tracker/?func=detail&atid=1698&aid=3195&group_id=426