[BUG] Weirdness involving String objects and division?

[Olivier]

In blank app just add a String object and this event and you'll get a nice crash in Xcode with the message "error: address doesn't contain a section that points to a section in a object file".

• Only one action when event loops
   - Special conditions : Set Global Value A to npara("String")/2

Dividing by 2.0 doesn't make the app crash. I'm using MMF Unicode.

EDIT: The crash has nothing to do with the actual number of paragraphs hold by the String object.

[Olivier]

Might have something to do with these fixes from beta 2:

Bug fixes and new features in Build 256 - Beta 2
- String object crashed when getting the N'th paragraph
- Strings used as parameters of events were corrupted after a jump to frame jumping at the same frame

[Olivier]

There's really a problem with the npara("String") expression. Whatever calculation I do with it, the result remains unchanged, I get the total number of paragraphs of the String object. With a String object holding 6 paragraphs, I get the following:

npara("String") = 6
npara("String") / 2.0 = 6
( npara("String") / 2.0 ) * 0 = 6
npara("String") / 2 = app crash
( npara("String") / 2 ) * 0 = app crash

[AyreGuitar]

Olivier - perhaps as a workaround try setting an Global/Alterable Value to npara("String") and use that, e.g.
Global Val A=npara("String")
Global Val A / 2.0 or whatever

[Anders]

Fixed for next release

[Olivier]

Yes AyreGuitar, that workaround would probably work, didn't tried it yet. Hopefully the next release will be ready soon, so I don't have to change my code in my numerous frames. Thank you for the fix AndiOS!