[postgis-devel] [PostGIS] #672: Valid WKT crashes postgis parser (was: ST_Dump crash with collection of empties)

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#672: Valid WKT crashes postgis parser
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 Reporter:  strk     |       Owner:  pramsey      
     Type:  defect   |      Status:  new          
 Priority:  high     |   Milestone:  PostGIS 2.0.0
Component:  postgis  |     Version:  trunk        
 Keywords:           |  
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Changes (by strk):

  * milestone:  PostGIS 1.5.3 => PostGIS 2.0.0


Comment:

 Eh.. no wonder. It's the parser crashing !

 {{{
  select '
 GEOMETRYCOLLECTION (
         GEOMETRYCOLLECTION (EMPTY),
         GEOMETRYCOLLECTION( EMPTY)
 )
 '::geometry;
 server closed the connection unexpectedly
         This probably means the server terminated abnormally
         before or while processing the request.
 The connection to the server was lost. Attempting reset: Failed.
 }}}

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