Non-numeric byte strings cause a crash

[aakilfernandes]

Compiles:

contract C1 {
    function f1() constant returns(bytes) {
        bytes memory bb = "\x00\x01\x04"; 
        return(bb);
    }
}

Crashes:

contract C1 {
    function f1() constant returns(bytes) {
        bytes memory bb = "\x00\x01\xa4"; 
        return(bb);
    }
}

[axic]

Can you please elaborate what crashing means? Are you seeing the same problem as in #132?

@aakilfernandes tried with 0.3.2 of solc (not solc-js or browser-soldity) and it works. Is it still crashing for you?

[aakilfernandes]

@axic I'm referring to browser solidity https://chriseth.github.io/browser-solidity/#version=soljson-v0.3.2-2016-05-17-0a37072.js&optimize=true

[aakilfernandes]

No error is given and I can see erros in the js console

[axic]

Can you copy paste those errors please?

[aakilfernandes]

Uncaught SyntaxError: Unexpected token :

[axic]

@aakilfernandes I see.

It is two problems:

• Catch exceptions in JSON parsing of the solc response (I thought I've had a PR for this - will do it later)
• And the same problem as described in Support escape characters in source code #132. (Even though it was reported later, that thread has more details available.)