MOATS (was crashing apps in a5)

[Richard Nicolella <rnicolella at the-beach dot net>]

 On Monday, September 29, 2003, at 04:59  PM, Jason Essington wrote:

> > Multi-dimensional arrays declared with -1 can't be redimmed
> > Report Reference ID:	occklcgq
>
> This bug appears to be fixed (if I understand it correctly).

Well, It says fixed but it's not.  Just start a new project and declare an array  in window1:

Test(-1,-1) as integer

Then in the window1 open event:

redim test(0,0)

Run. Crash.

This really makes me believe that the problem at RS is they don't have a proper test suite, otherwise how could a fundamental bug like this survive? I mean is it possible that of all the apps RS tests, none of them dims a multidimensional array with -1 then redims it?  Hard to believe isn't it?

Maybe we should help RS put together the "MOATS" (Mother Of All Test Apps) which would aim to incorporate as many of these simple RB functions as possible.  Surely it wouldn't be too hard with each of us making modules and windows which could be included in a large app.  The app would grow larger and larger over time which would be great since many crashes happen with large apps.

Thoughts?

-Richard