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Known Problems with the Compiler In the table, the word "YES" indicates that the problem exists in this release (and possibly in previous releases also), while "FIX" indicates that the problem has been fixed in a subsequent release. The word "NAI" indicates that we think this is Not An Issue.   Compiler 6.32 and later                                                                         See the new combined bug tracker for Inform 6 and 7. Compiler 6.31 patches                                                                         Glulx support for compilation control  FIX Glulx support for custom opcodes  FIX Infix ;WATCH fails when object has short_name routine  YES Support $MAX_GLOBAL_VARIABLES memory setting in Z-code  YES Support @push and @pull macros in Glulx  FIX Increase STACKSIZE header value to 65536  YES Support $ALLOC_CHUNK_SIZE memory setting  FIX Strict check for property array access  YES Compiler 6.30 patches                                                                         MAX_EXPRESSION_NODES overflow generates bad message  YES Issue with ++ applied to array element  YES Various memory problems  YES Missing " may crash the compiler  YES In a 'before' property, "print," crashes the compiler  YES Message sending permits only five parameters  YES ICL preprocessor mishandles EOL characters  YES Infix "; obj has attr" sometimes fails  YES Quoted string in routine header crashes compiler  YES Bad code generation in veneer.c  FIX Suboptimal error for EOF inside string  YES routine.call() sets 'self'  YES Complex 'if' crashes compiler  FIX Minor bug in abbreviations  YES Misleading error from 'for' statement  YES Verbs limited to 256  YES Various problems with PATHLEN  FIX Construct obj.prop crashes for large prop values  YES Strict mode not available in V3/4 games  FIX Glulx compiler doesn't delete temporary files  YES Backpatch errors in large V8 games  FIX Special characters in Glulx abbreviations  YES Erroneous "Branch out of range" message  YES Story file not deleted after failed compilation  YES Compiler overflows if too many properties  FIX Compiler 6.21 patches                                                                         Multiple assignment involving arrays  FIX Extend/Verb problem with synonyms  FIX Strict check for property array access  FIX Problem with European quotes  FIX Line numbers in "no such constant" error  FIX ZRegion slightly imperfect  FIX Expressions with routine/ofclass/or mis-evaluate  FIX (X in nothing) objectloop fails  YES Negative constants in assembly  FIX Nested Includes can crash compiler  FIX Problem using non-ASCII characters in dictionary words  FIX Certain abbreviations can crash compiler  FIX @ escapes are incorrectly handled in strings  FIX Inform-generated V6 and V7 files are limited to 320K  FIX Malformed dictionary entries if alphabet table is changed  FIX Conditional jump assembly is suboptimal  FIX String array problem with non-ASCII characters  FIX Putting an object in itself loops indefinitely  FIX Second operand of @store  FIX @je should accept upto four operands  FIX Nested IFNDEF..IFNOT..ENDIF fails  FIX Indirect call doesn't set "self"  NAI Assembly of @not generates bad code  FIX Additive property of NULL fails silently  NAI Plural bit not set on long dictionary words  FIX Constant folding is broken  FIX Can't compile without DEBUG  FIX Compiler 6.20 patches                                                                         Zcharacter directive problems  FIX Checksum not written to header of infix  FIX Objectloops handled wrong  FIX

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