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Mac OSX ds_grid_write / read bug with empty strings

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Homunculus

Guest
Since it's pretty clear to me that this is a bug, I already reported it. I just wanted to report here too, since it is a really specific problem that may cause some serious headache if encountered (it did to me for sure). I don't know honestly if it's just a mac runner issue or a generalized problem.

Anyways, in short: loading a ds_grid holding empty strings with ds_grid_read, and trying to use one of those empty string values in a data structure that ends up in a json_encode, causes the runner to crash. Sample code:

Code: 
var _grid = ds_grid_create(1,1);
_grid[# 0,0] = "";
var _grid_data = ds_grid_write(_grid);
ds_grid_read(_grid,_grid_data);

var _map = ds_map_create();
_map[? "value"] = _grid[# 0,0];

json_encode(_map); //causes crash
 
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msrojas

Guest
The same happens to me but using file_find_first. If it doesn't found the file and I try to print the output (an empty string) it crash.

I use Windows.
 
H

Homunculus

Guest
as in my case, I suppose the string is set to null instead of empty. Have you reported the issue?
 
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