What should I do when DMD keeps crashing and doesn't give me any output?
I'm using dmd 2.063.2 on win8.

This is all that -v gives me before crashing..

binary    C:\dmd\windows\bin\dmd.exe
version   v2.063.2
config    C:\dmd\windows\bin\sc.ini
parse     app

I've tried compiling just object files, and an exe and removed all -debug -g etc.

Is there any way to get more verbose info from dmd?

On Friday, 13 September 2013 at 12:41:44 UTC, simendsjo wrote:
> What should I do when DMD keeps crashing and doesn't give me any output?
> I'm using dmd 2.063.2 on win8.
>
> This is all that -v gives me before crashing..
>
> binary    C:\dmd\windows\bin\dmd.exe
> version   v2.063.2
> config    C:\dmd\windows\bin\sc.ini
> parse     app
>
> I've tried compiling just object files, and an exe and removed all -debug -g etc.
>
> Is there any way to get more verbose info from dmd?

Run it via GDB, OllyDBG, [putyourfavouritedebugerhere]

Example:
gdb /c/d/dmd2/bin/dmd.exe
gdb> r /path/to/your/code.d

simendsjo:

> What should I do when DMD keeps crashing and doesn't give me any output?

I suggest to look for stack overflows in the program (and/or increase the stack space). Since some time it has stopped giving a "stack overflow" message.

Bye,
bearophile

On Friday, 13 September 2013 at 12:45:06 UTC, nazriel wrote:
> On Friday, 13 September 2013 at 12:41:44 UTC, simendsjo wrote:
>> What should I do when DMD keeps crashing and doesn't give me any output?
>> I'm using dmd 2.063.2 on win8.
>>
>> This is all that -v gives me before crashing..
>>
>> binary    C:\dmd\windows\bin\dmd.exe
>> version   v2.063.2
>> config    C:\dmd\windows\bin\sc.ini
>> parse     app
>>
>> I've tried compiling just object files, and an exe and removed all -debug -g etc.
>>
>> Is there any way to get more verbose info from dmd?
>
> Run it via GDB, OllyDBG, [putyourfavouritedebugerhere]
>
> Example:
> gdb /c/d/dmd2/bin/dmd.exe
> gdb> r /path/to/your/code.d

Way over my head. Tried OllyDBG, but I wasn't able to set the current working directory...

On Friday, 13 September 2013 at 12:53:17 UTC, bearophile wrote:
> simendsjo:
>
>> What should I do when DMD keeps crashing and doesn't give me any output?
>
> I suggest to look for stack overflows in the program (and/or increase the stack space). Since some time it has stopped giving a "stack overflow" message.
>

I don't see any dmd option to increase stack space.
I tried adding -L/STACK:16000000, but it still crashes.

On Friday, 13 September 2013 at 12:45:06 UTC, nazriel wrote:
> On Friday, 13 September 2013 at 12:41:44 UTC, simendsjo wrote:
(...)
>> Is there any way to get more verbose info from dmd?
>
> Run it via GDB, OllyDBG, [putyourfavouritedebugerhere]

The error is Access Violation when reading 00000004.
I cannot be more helpful as I don't know assembly.

00421DDB  |. 8B46 04        MOV EAX,DWORD PTR DS:[ESI+4]

Added a bug report: http://d.puremagic.com/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=11023