# HG changeset patch
# User Rik <rik@octave.org>
# Date 1404066186 25200
# Node ID d3276190e551cca924275b7f54712b871edc873e
# Parent  1b02bfff39d0b4aa24d8aa2f5e4ff3c797fbcc0d
Revert a0fd65914811 which does not truly fix bug #36067.

* variables.cc: Remove try/catch block around safe_symbol_lookup.

diff -r 1b02bfff39d0 -r d3276190e551 libinterp/corefcn/variables.cc
--- a/libinterp/corefcn/variables.cc	Sun Jun 29 13:58:33 2014 +0200
+++ b/libinterp/corefcn/variables.cc	Sun Jun 29 11:23:06 2014 -0700
@@ -418,12 +418,11 @@
 
   if (search_any || search_builtin)
     {
-      // Require a try block because symbol_lookup will attempt unsafe load
-      // of .oct/.mex file.
-      try
-        { val = safe_symbol_lookup (name); }
-      catch (octave_execution_exception)
-        { }
+      // FIXME: safe_symbol_lookup will attempt unsafe load of .oct/.mex file.
+      // This can cause a segfault.  To catch this would require temporarily
+      // diverting the SIGSEGV exception handler and then restoring it.
+      // See bug #36067.
+      val = safe_symbol_lookup (name);
 
       if (val.is_defined () && val.is_builtin_function ())
         return 5;