segfault on string array slicing

[mfz]

The following code leads to a segfault when trying to slice a string array

using HDF5


# create file
f = h5open("testjl.hdf5", "w")
f["MyStrings"] = ["1231","asdasdad","ffsfd"]
f["MyNumbers"] = [1,2,3]
close(f)

# try to read back
f = h5open("testjl.hdf5", "r")

# seems we can read whole data set 

println(read(f["MyStrings"]))
println(read(f["MyNumbers"]))

# but slicing
# works for numbers
println(f["MyNumbers"][1:2])

# but not for strings - segfault
println(f["MyStrings"][1:2])

close(f)

[timholy]

Thanks for the bug report. Fixed in master; now it gives an error when you try this. I'm hesitant to release a new version because of some recent important but disruptive changes, but you can switch to master if this matters to you.