PR# 17943 character assignment in STRING_8 crashes in finalized exe

In the following routine the character assignment will fail in the finalized exe. Execution within the debug environment is fine.

    my_routine 
        local
            str: STRING
        do
            -- Creates string with 8 digits
            create str.make_from_string ((0).to_hex_string)
            str [2] := 'c'
            -- str.put ('c', 2)
        end

However if the 'put' form is used it will execute without error. (shown commented out)

I can also report that exactly the same problem occurs when compiled on Ubuntu Linux 10.10 with gcc 4.4.5

It crashes with a segmentation violation: Operating system signal.

What kind of crash do you get?