ESOUI - [notabug] Certain d() colored formatting causing game to crash

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[notabug] Certain d() colored formatting causing game to crash

This isn't so much a feature request as a fix request for a strange bug that creeps up sometimes during addon development.

The d() system chat channel output function sometimes freezes the game - as if there's an infinite loop - if given specific strings with color formatting as input. The most simple form of the pattern that I could find is as follows:

Lua Code:

d("|cFFFFFF|r<any character not a color code>|r")

The following all crash the game:

Lua Code:

d("|cFFFFFF|r)|r")
d("|cFFFFFF|rx|r")
d("|cFFFFFF|r|r|r")

The following all work fine:

Lua Code:

d("|cFFFFFF|r|r")
d("|r)|r")
d("|cFFFFFF|r|cFFFFFF|r")

Moved it to the correct forum. ;)

Hmm, I tried all of these using /script and didn't see an issue. Is there more to the repro?

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Originally Posted by ZOS_ChipHilseberg (Post 31606)

Hmm, I tried all of these using /script and didn't see an issue. Is there more to the repro?

Okay, now I'm embarrassed. I disabled pChat, and the problem went away. Sorry for wasting your time. I'll report the bug to the pChat comments.