Mantis#3187. Thank you kindly, DoranZemlja for a patch that:

Adds a warning for an LSL construct that exploits a
popular list memory saving hack.

OpenSim/Region/ScriptEngine/Shared/CodeTools/CSCodeGenerator.cs

@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ namespace OpenSim.Region.ScriptEngine.Shared.CodeTools
         private int m_braceCount;       // for indentation
         private int m_CSharpLine;       // the current line of generated C# code
         private int m_CSharpCol;        // the current column of generated C# code
+        private List<string> m_warnings = new List<string>();
 
         /// <summary>
         /// Creates an 'empty' CSCodeGenerator instance.
@@ -152,6 +153,23 @@ namespace OpenSim.Region.ScriptEngine.Shared.CodeTools
             return retstr;
         }
 
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Get the set of warnings generated during compilation.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <returns></returns>
+        public string[] GetWarnings()
+        {
+            return m_warnings.ToArray();
+        }
+
+        private void AddWarning(string warning)
+        {
+            if (!m_warnings.Contains(warning))
+            {
+                m_warnings.Add(warning);
+            }
+        }
+
         /// <summary>
         /// Recursively called to generate each type of node. Will generate this
         /// node, then all it's children.
@@ -446,6 +464,9 @@ namespace OpenSim.Region.ScriptEngine.Shared.CodeTools
         {
             string retstr = String.Empty;
 
+            List<string> identifiers = new List<string>();
+            checkForMultipleAssignments(identifiers, a);
+
             retstr += GenerateNode((SYMBOL) a.kids.Pop());
             retstr += Generate(String.Format(" {0} ", a.AssignmentType), a);
             foreach (SYMBOL kid in a.kids)
@@ -454,6 +475,62 @@ namespace OpenSim.Region.ScriptEngine.Shared.CodeTools
             return retstr;
         }
 
+        // This code checks for LSL of the following forms, and generates a
+        // warning if it finds them.
+        //
+        // list l = [ "foo" ]; 
+        // l = (l=[]) + l + ["bar"];
+        // (produces l=["foo","bar"] in SL but l=["bar"] in OS)
+        //
+        // integer i;
+        // integer j;
+        // i = (j = 3) + (j = 4) + (j = 5);
+        // (produces j=3 in SL but j=5 in OS)
+        //
+        // Without this check, that code passes compilation, but does not do what
+        // the end user expects, because LSL in SL evaluates right to left instead
+        // of left to right.
+        //
+        // The theory here is that producing an error and alerting the end user that
+        // something needs to change is better than silently generating incorrect code.
+        private void checkForMultipleAssignments(List<string> identifiers, SYMBOL s)
+        {
+            if (s is Assignment)
+            {
+                Assignment a = (Assignment)s;
+                string newident = null;
+
+                if (a.kids[0] is Declaration)
+                {
+                    newident = ((Declaration)a.kids[0]).Id;
+                }
+                else if (a.kids[0] is IDENT)
+                {
+                    newident = ((IDENT)a.kids[0]).yytext;
+                }
+                else if (a.kids[0] is IdentDotExpression)
+                {
+                    newident = ((IdentDotExpression)a.kids[0]).Name; // +"." + ((IdentDotExpression)a.kids[0]).Member;
+                }
+                else
+                {
+                    AddWarning(String.Format("Multiple assignments checker internal error '{0}' at line {1} column {2}.", a.kids[0].GetType(), ((SYMBOL)a.kids[0]).Line - 1, ((SYMBOL)a.kids[0]).Position));
+                }
+
+                if (identifiers.Contains(newident))
+                {
+                    AddWarning(String.Format("Multiple assignments to '{0}' at line {1} column {2}; results may differ between LSL and OSSL.", newident, ((SYMBOL)a.kids[0]).Line - 1, ((SYMBOL)a.kids[0]).Position));
+                }
+                identifiers.Add(newident);
+            }
+
+            int index;
+            for (index = 0; index < s.kids.Count; index++)
+            {
+                checkForMultipleAssignments(identifiers, (SYMBOL) s.kids[index]);
+            }
+        }
+
         /// <summary>
         /// Generates the code for a ReturnStatement node.
         /// </summary>

OpenSim/Region/ScriptEngine/Shared/CodeTools/Compiler.cs

@@ -76,6 +76,8 @@ namespace OpenSim.Region.ScriptEngine.Shared.CodeTools
         private Dictionary<KeyValuePair<int, int>, KeyValuePair<int, int>> m_positionMap; 
         private ICodeConverter LSL_Converter;
 
+        private List<string> m_warnings = new List<string>();
+
         // private object m_syncy = new object();
 
         private static CSharpCodeProvider CScodeProvider = new CSharpCodeProvider();
@@ -336,6 +338,12 @@ namespace OpenSim.Region.ScriptEngine.Shared.CodeTools
                 LSL_Converter = (ICodeConverter)new CSCodeGenerator();
                 compileScript = LSL_Converter.Convert(Script);
 
+                // copy converter warnings into our warnings.
+                foreach(string warning in LSL_Converter.GetWarnings())
+                {
+                    AddWarning(warning);
+                }
+
                 m_positionMap = ((CSCodeGenerator) LSL_Converter).PositionMap;
             }
 
@@ -373,6 +381,19 @@ namespace OpenSim.Region.ScriptEngine.Shared.CodeTools
             return CompileFromDotNetText(compileScript, l, asset);
         }
 
+        public string[] GetWarnings()
+        {
+            return m_warnings.ToArray();
+        }
+
+        private void AddWarning(string warning)
+        {
+            if (!m_warnings.Contains(warning))
+            {
+                m_warnings.Add(warning);
+            }
+        }
+
         private static string CreateJSCompilerScript(string compileScript)
         {
             compileScript = String.Empty +

OpenSim/Region/ScriptEngine/Shared/CodeTools/ICodeConverter.cs

@@ -33,5 +33,6 @@ namespace OpenSim.Region.ScriptEngine.Shared.CodeTools
     public interface ICodeConverter
     {
         string Convert(string script);
+        string[] GetWarnings();
     }
 }