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libfoundation: Check for bad MCValueRef casts (part 2) - #3035

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Add assertions to every public libfoundation function that accepts arguments of MCValueRef type, ensuring that the values are of the expected type. This extends #3032 to add checks to all the new things in LiveCode 8's extended & improved libfoundation.

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Make sure to use `MCExecContext::ConvertToNumber()` rather than just
optimistically casting arbitrary pointers to `MCNumberRef`.
Add private macros to libfoundation that can be used for checking that
value refs are of the correct type.

These are intended to help catch bugs like the one fixed in commit
9f6fe1f (an `MCDataRef` passed to a function that expected an
`MCStringRef`).
* When a function accepts a pointer + size, allow the pointer to be
  null iff the size is 0.
* Fast-path empty results when a ValueRef is passed a buffer of length
  0.
Now that the function (correctly) resolves string indirection, it
should now use `__MCStringGetLength()` rather than the public
`MCStringGetLength()` function -- and also shouldn't grab the
`char_count` directly.
…t-type

Trivial conflicts due to changed MCStream internals, some new
functions added, and MC_DLLEXPORT macros.

Conflicts:
	libfoundation/src/foundation-stream.cpp
	libfoundation/src/foundation-string.cpp
In LC8, the `__MCAssertIsStream()` macro can be implemented more
cleanly around type info objects.  The previous implementation doesn't
work any more anyway.
This shouldn't be used directly; it should always be used via
MCStringSplitByDelimiter().
`MCDataGetBytePtr()` is permitted to return `NULL` for empty data,
i.e. data with length 0.
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libfoundation: Check for bad MCValueRef casts (part 2)

Add assertions to every public libfoundation function that accepts arguments of MCValueRef type, ensuring that the values are of the expected type.  This extends #3032 to add checks to all the new things in LiveCode 8's extended & improved libfoundation.

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😞 test failure faa8e2e

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@livecode-vulcan retry faa8e2e

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libfoundation: Check for bad MCValueRef casts (part 2)

Add assertions to every public libfoundation function that accepts arguments of MCValueRef type, ensuring that the values are of the expected type.  This extends #3032 to add checks to all the new things in LiveCode 8's extended & improved libfoundation.

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😞 test failure faa8e2e

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@runrevmark Pull request updated to address Windows build error.

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@livecode-vulcan review ok d5253c5

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💙 review by @runrevmark ok d5253c5

livecode-vulcan added a commit that referenced this pull request Oct 13, 2015
libfoundation: Check for bad MCValueRef casts (part 2)

Add assertions to every public libfoundation function that accepts arguments of MCValueRef type, ensuring that the values are of the expected type.  This extends #3032 to add checks to all the new things in LiveCode 8's extended & improved libfoundation.

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😎 test success d5253c5

Previously, if the variable contents could be converted to data, the
variable contents pointer was just (incorrectly) cast directly to
`MCDataRef`.  This could occur if, for example, the variable contained
a native string.
`kMCValueTypeCodeArray` is not a valid value for `MCExecValue.type`.
Previously, `the files` was being tested using the contents of the
system temporary directory.  This test was occasionally failing due to
time of check to time of use errors -- files that were present at the
time `the files` was evaluated had been removed by other system
processes by the time `there is a file` was evaluated.

Instead, just use whatever the current working directory of the test
runner is.
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Failed tests locally. @livecodeali added a bunch of new tests to the engine, which this PR breaks. 😭

@livecode-vulcan review not ok d5253c5

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💔 review by @peter-b not ok d5253c5

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@livecode-vulcan review ok 7ae3fa8

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💙 review by @runrevmark ok 7ae3fa8

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libfoundation: Check for bad MCValueRef casts (part 2)

Add assertions to every public libfoundation function that accepts arguments of MCValueRef type, ensuring that the values are of the expected type.  This extends #3032 to add checks to all the new things in LiveCode 8's extended & improved libfoundation.

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😎 test success 7ae3fa8

peter-b added a commit that referenced this pull request Oct 14, 2015
libfoundation: Check for bad MCValueRef casts (part 2)
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livecode-vulcan added a commit that referenced this pull request Oct 20, 2015
[Tests] Backport livecodescript tests and test infrastructure.

In the "develop" branch, infrastructure as added for running script-only stack tests, along with a large number of tests previously written during the LiveCode 7 development process.

This pull request backports both the test infrastructure and the tests themselves to the develop-7.0 branch.  It also backports #3035, which is required to get the tests to pass.
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