[m-dev.] compute_inst_var_sub: inst_matches_initial failed

David Overton dmo at cs.mu.OZ.AU
Sat Oct 14 19:56:45 AEDT 2000


On Sat, Oct 14, 2000 at 06:00:35PM +1100, Fergus Henderson wrote:
> The compiler failed to bootstrap on hg and taifun last night,
> with the following error message when compiling `modes'
> and `unique_modes' in the stage2/compiler directory:
> 
> 	Uncaught exception:
> 	Software Error: compute_inst_var_sub: inst_matches_initial failed
> 	Stack dump not available in this grade.
> 
> This is most likely a result of David Overton's changes to support
> polymorphic insts.  David, could you please investigate this one ASAP,
> and either fix it or back out your changes?

I'm having a look at this now.

-- 
David Overton      Department of Computer Science & Software Engineering
PhD Student        The University of Melbourne, Victoria 3010, Australia
+61 3 8344 9159    http://www.cs.mu.oz.au/~dmo
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