Infinite recursive library import

[austinstkong]

Using the IDE's 'Add Library...' function, if the following directory is selected for import, then it will start to include itself infinitely. I have not tested other potentially recursive directory options. I had to kill the program from task manager.

D:\user\My Documents\Arduino\libraries

[matthijskooijman]

If I understand you correctly, you selected the entire "libraries" folder using the "Add Library..." interface? I'd expect the IDE to make a copy of the "libraries" folder into itself, which depending on timing can indeed get infinite recursion.

Not sure how to properly fix this, other than just explicitely detecting this specific case (or slightly more general: the case where add Library selects (a superdirectory of) the libraries folder).

It might make sense to actually try and parse the folder as a library first, by calling new Library() on it, but that still leaves open the option of (a superdirectory of) the libraries folder looking like a library and ending up in this infinite recursion).

[Mark2013Toronto]

I had the same problem which I posted here: http://forum.arduino.cc/index.php?topic=237014.msg1706576#msg1706576

How does a relatively mature IDE have these sorts of bugs?

[ffissore]

Fixed since 3ecaf66. See #2795