[jsword-devel] VerifyError

[Joe Walker]

https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/buglist.cgi?bug_status=UNCONFIRMED&bug_status=NEW&bug_status=ASSIGNED&bug_status=REOPENED&field0-0-0=product&type0-0-0=substring&value0-0-0=VerifyError&field0-0-1=component&type0-0-1=substring&value0-0-1=VerifyError&field0-0-2=short_desc&type0-0-2=substring&value0-0-2=VerifyError&field0-0-3=status_whiteboard&type0-0-3=substring&value0-0-3=VerifyError&field1-0-0=product&type1-0-0=substring&value1-0-0=assert&field1-0-1=component&type1-0-1=substring&value1-0-1=assert&field1-0-2=short_desc&type1-0-2=substring&value1-0-2=assert&field1-0-3=status_whiteboard&type1-0-3=substring&value1-0-3=assert
"Zarro Boogs found."

This suggests that the Eclipse folks don't know about it. I would have 
raised a bug, but I thought there was a good chance you were doing the 
same! I'm happy to unless you've got extra info to help finding a fix.

Joe.

DM Smith wrote:

> I have been playing around with finding VerifyError.
> I started by commenting out all the asserts and the code ran just fine.
> I have been gradually adding them in file by file and then testing.
> When I encounter a problem for a file, I comment out all of them in that 
> file (again) and add them in one at a time until I get the problem.
> When I get the problem, I again comment out the offending assert and add:
> System.err.println("DMS: Should not get here") and run the test again.
> The error message never prints.
> So the assert was not being exercised but its mere presence was causing 
> VerifyErrors when the class was used.
> 
> I had thought I found it, seeing patterns where there were not any.
> For a while, the problem was only in static methods.
> Then I saw it also in constructors. Then in regular public methods.
> So no pattern as to where it occurs.
> 
> My best guess at this point is that the java compiler that Eclipse 3M7 
> is using is flaky.
> 
> DM Smith wrote:
> 
>>
>> Has anyone gotten this (VerifyError on startup) and gotten past it? If 
>> so how?
>>
>> I have gotten the latest code from CVS.
>> I am running Eclipse 3M7.
>> I have set source compatibility and class files to 1.4.
>> I have done a clean build.
>> I cannot run the program without the following error.
>>
>> java.lang.VerifyError: (class: 
>> org/crosswire/jsword/passage/PassageFactory, method: 
>> getWholeBiblePassage signature: 
>> ()Lorg/crosswire/jsword/passage/Passage;) Expecting to find float on 
>> stack
>>     at 
>> org.crosswire.jsword.book.search.ser.SerSearchEngine.<clinit>(SerSearchEngine.java:425) 
>>
>>     at java.lang.Class.forName0(Native Method)
>>     at java.lang.Class.forName(Class.java:141)
>>     at 
>> org.crosswire.common.util.ResourceUtil.getImplementor(ResourceUtil.java:330) 
>>
>>     at 
>> org.crosswire.jsword.book.search.SearchEngineFactory.createSearchEngine(SearchEngineFactory.java:49) 
>>
>>     at 
>> org.crosswire.jsword.book.basic.AbstractBook.initSearchEngine(AbstractBook.java:98) 
>>
>>     at 
>> org.crosswire.jsword.book.readings.ReadingsBook.<init>(ReadingsBook.java:66) 
>>
>>     at 
>> org.crosswire.jsword.book.readings.ReadingsBookDriver.<init>(ReadingsBookDriver.java:42) 
>>
>>     at sun.reflect.NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance0(Native 
>> Method)
>>     at 
>> sun.reflect.NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance(NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.java:39) 
>>
>>     at 
>> sun.reflect.DelegatingConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance(DelegatingConstructorAccessorImpl.java:27) 
>>
>>     at java.lang.reflect.Constructor.newInstance(Constructor.java:274)
>>     at java.lang.Class.newInstance0(Class.java:308)
>>     at java.lang.Class.newInstance(Class.java:261)
>>     at org.crosswire.jsword.book.Books.autoRegister(Books.java:377)
>>     at org.crosswire.jsword.book.Books.initialize(Books.java:352)
>>     at org.crosswire.jsword.book.Books.<init>(Books.java:59)
>>     at org.crosswire.jsword.book.Books.<clinit>(Books.java:429)
>>     at 
>> org.crosswire.jsword.view.swing.desktop.Desktop.getFullNameArray(Desktop.java:892) 
>>
>>     at 
>> org.crosswire.jsword.view.swing.desktop.Desktop.refreshBooks(Desktop.java:875) 
>>
>>     at 
>> org.crosswire.jsword.view.swing.desktop.Desktop.fillChoiceFactory(Desktop.java:847) 
>>
>>     at 
>> org.crosswire.jsword.view.swing.desktop.Desktop.generateConfig(Desktop.java:831) 
>>
>>     at 
>> org.crosswire.jsword.view.swing.desktop.Desktop.<init>(Desktop.java:179)
>>     at 
>> org.crosswire.jsword.view.swing.desktop.Desktop.main(Desktop.java:136)
>>
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