notepad-plus-plus / notepad-plus-plus/notepad-plus-plus
Search result lexer assert problem in debug mode
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Description
Steps to Reproduce the Issue
- Build N++ code from source; the 64-bit Debug config.
- Place the two supplied files in the root folder of a drive, after unzipping from the attached zip file below
- Make sure they are the only two .txt files in that folder
- Start N++ under the debugger
- Run the Find All the search shown in the screenshot below
- Observe the successful output in the Search results window
- Run the same Find All search again
- Observe the "Assertion failed!" popup box.
Expected Behavior
No assert crash
Actual Behavior
Assert crash
Notes
This issue has its roots here: https://github.com/notepad-plus-plus/notepad-plus-plus/issues/9199#issuecomment-734600679
Files: files.zip
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Debug Information
Code built from version 7.9.1 or later intermediate commits.
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- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Build Notepad++ from source in the 64-bit Debug configuration, place the two supplied files in a drive-root folder, and reproduce the issue by running the same Find All search twice under the debugger. Done means the repeated search completes successfully without the assertion failure.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- cpp
- Domain
- search
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100