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#90 coredump with infinite stream
  
last edited 7 years ago by oldk1331

Submitted by : (unknown) at: 2007-11-17T23:04:11-08:00 (17 years ago)
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I understand that the following is not a smart thing to do. Axiom should complain, but it just coredumps silently: 

  \begin{axiom}
  primes:Stream Integer := generate(nextPrime, 2)
  smallerThan(stream, n) == [ s for s in stream | s < n ]
  smallerThan(primes, 100) -- Axiom 3.0 Beta coredumps
  \end{axiom}

Matthias

The failure is unrelated to 100. It fails with the value 5.

Tim

This is likely due to stack overflow (previously reported). The construct for smallerThan requires Axiom to test EVERY element in the stream to see if s < n. There is no reason why Axiom should complain. Axiom is not designed to be able to figure out a general formula for the nth entry of the output stream for smallerThan whose signature is:

fricas
(1) -> smallerThan: (Stream Integer, PositiveInteger) -> Stream Integer
Type: Void

To do what you are trying to do, do this:

fricas
)clear all

   All user variables and function definitions have been cleared.
p:Stream Integer := generate(nextPrime, 2)

  Line   2: p:Stream Integer := generate(nextPrime, 2)
           ....................A
  Error  A: syntax error at top level
  Error  A: Improper syntax.
   2 error(s) parsing

However, why should this give an error?

fricas
entries p

   There are 1 exposed and 1 unexposed library operations named entries
      having 1 argument(s) but none was determined to be applicable. 
      Use HyperDoc Browse, or issue
                             )display op entries
      to learn more about the available operations. Perhaps 
      package-calling the operation or using coercions on the arguments
      will allow you to apply the operation.

   Cannot find a definition or applicable library operation named 
      entries with argument type(s) 
                                 Variable(p)

      Perhaps you should use "@" to indicate the required return type, 
      or "$" to specify which version of the function you need.

The expected result would be the first 11 (default stream length) entries. And here is another problem:

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lessThan(n)==
  g(s)== (s < n)
  print(g(3))
  filterWhile(g, p)
Type: Void
fricas
lessThan(5)
fricas
Compiling function g with type PositiveInteger -> Boolean 
   There are 2 exposed and 0 unexposed library operations named 
      filterWhile having 2 argument(s) but none was determined to be 
      applicable. Use HyperDoc Browse, or issue
                           )display op filterWhile
      to learn more about the available operations. Perhaps 
      package-calling the operation or using coercions on the arguments
      will allow you to apply the operation.
   Cannot find a definition or applicable library operation named 
      filterWhile with argument type(s) 
                              FunctionCalled(g)
                                 Variable(p)

      Perhaps you should use "@" to indicate the required return type, 
      or "$" to specify which version of the function you need.
   FriCAS will attempt to step through and interpret the code.
   Compiled code for g has been cleared.
   Compiled code for lessThan has been cleared.
   1 old definition(s) deleted for function or rule g
fricas
Compiling function g with type PositiveInteger -> Boolean 
   false
   There are 2 exposed and 0 unexposed library operations named 
      filterWhile having 2 argument(s) but none was determined to be 
      applicable. Use HyperDoc Browse, or issue
                           )display op filterWhile
      to learn more about the available operations. Perhaps 
      package-calling the operation or using coercions on the arguments
      will allow you to apply the operation.

   Cannot find a definition or applicable library operation named 
      filterWhile with argument type(s) 
                              FunctionCalled(g)
                                 Variable(p)

      Perhaps you should use "@" to indicate the required return type, 
      or "$" to specify which version of the function you need.

The local function g is not compiled correctly because n is not passed to it. So it compiles as false for all input. The same error occurs in the NAG version. One would then expect Axiom to go into an infinite loop if we use not(s<n). But Axiom is "smart enough" to know and creates the stream even though the answer is still wrong.

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lessTest(n)==
  g(s) == not(s < n)
  print(g 3)
  filterWhile(g, p)
Type: Void
fricas
lessTest(5)

   Compiled code for g has been cleared.
   1 old definition(s) deleted for function or rule g
fricas
Compiling function g with type PositiveInteger -> Boolean 
   There are 2 exposed and 0 unexposed library operations named 
      filterWhile having 2 argument(s) but none was determined to be 
      applicable. Use HyperDoc Browse, or issue
                           )display op filterWhile
      to learn more about the available operations. Perhaps 
      package-calling the operation or using coercions on the arguments
      will allow you to apply the operation.
   Cannot find a definition or applicable library operation named 
      filterWhile with argument type(s) 
                              FunctionCalled(g)
                                 Variable(p)

      Perhaps you should use "@" to indicate the required return type, 
      or "$" to specify which version of the function you need.
   FriCAS will attempt to step through and interpret the code.
   Compiled code for g has been cleared.
   Compiled code for lessTest has been cleared.
   1 old definition(s) deleted for function or rule g
fricas
Compiling function g with type PositiveInteger -> Boolean 
   true
   There are 2 exposed and 0 unexposed library operations named 
      filterWhile having 2 argument(s) but none was determined to be 
      applicable. Use HyperDoc Browse, or issue
                           )display op filterWhile
      to learn more about the available operations. Perhaps 
      package-calling the operation or using coercions on the arguments
      will allow you to apply the operation.

   Cannot find a definition or applicable library operation named 
      filterWhile with argument type(s) 
                              FunctionCalled(g)
                                 Variable(p)

      Perhaps you should use "@" to indicate the required return type, 
      or "$" to specify which version of the function you need.

This crashes: 

  \begin{axiom}
  largerThan(st,n)==[s for s in st | not(s < n)]
  largerThan(p,5)
  \end{axiom}

This one below crashes, but not for the NAG version, which gives the correct answer: 

  \begin{axiom}
  before(st, n)==filterWhile(s+-> s < n, st)
  before(p,5)
  \end{axiom}

And this also crashes (whereas it does NOT crash for NAG version, giving the correct answer).: 

  \begin{axiom}
  lessThan(n)==filterWhile(s+-> (s < n), p)
  lessThan(5)
  \end{axiom}

William

...
Wed, 09 Feb 2005 07:04:50 -0600 reply
I understand that smallerThan in the original version does not work (I hoped it would return a stream as filterWhile does). However, instead of coredumping silently (and taking the whole Axiom session with it), Axiom should say something like "stack limit reached in function suchandsuch" and return "failed" or something.
property change
Tue, 22 Mar 2005 20:09:15 -0600 replySeverity: serious => critical

... --kratt6, Fri, 04 Jan 2008 04:28:18 -0800 reply
Severity: critical => minor

minor, since one has enough time to kill the evaluation using ctrl-c

The issue pointed out by Matthias is fixed --greg, Fri, 04 Jan 2008 06:49:57 -0800 reply
It was a bug in the function macroexpandall. At that time the workaround was to compile functions via the system command )set function compile on (we did not notice it here). I just tested this workaround in an old version of Axiom (February 2005) and it cures this issue. For information, an old version of Axiom (or a recent version with the buggy macroexpandall function) compiled on gcl-2.6.8pre does not crash but silently returns.

... --oldk1331, Wed, 12 Jul 2017 14:41:19 +0000 reply
Status: open => closed




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