[libxml-devel] [ libxml-Bugs-8337 ] Opening many files causes segfault on fbsd-amd64

[Charlie Savage]

>> So I don't see this as a bug in the libxml bindings.
> 
> Maybe you are right, but if I change XML::Document.file("test.xml")
> to File.open("test.xml"), I won't run out of file handles.
> 
> I wonder what makes the difference...


Well, File.open is a ruby method while Document.open is a libxml method. 
  Perhaps Ruby has some smarts built into it with File.open and the 
garbage collector.

> And if I remember correctly, even the original test code with
> libxml-ruby 3.8 did not run out of file handles on 32bit intel machines
> either - the reported segfault only affected the amd64 (and maybe
> other) architecture.

Interesting.  Could be a difference in libxml, or maybe a difference in 
the bindings.  Would have to check svn to know for sure.

Charlie
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