Truffle: What does "abort(5) at Error" mean?

Created on 30 Jun 2017 · 4Comments · Source: trufflesuite/truffle

I am new to Truffle. I have tried posting this question (and another) to Gitter but didn't get an answer. My contract is not compiling. I am trying to decipher the output:

Justins-MacBook-Pro:learnTruffle justin$ truffle compile -s ASSERTIONS=1
Compiling ./contracts/Escrow.sol...
5
5

/usr/local/lib/node_modules/truffle/node_modules/solc/wrapper.js:48
        throw e;
        ^
abort(5) at Error
    at jsStackTrace (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/truffle/node_modules/solc/soljson.js:1:19718)
    at stackTrace (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/truffle/node_modules/solc/soljson.js:1:19901)
    at abort (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/truffle/node_modules/solc/soljson.js:19:15285)
    at Array.dXb (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/truffle/node_modules/solc/soljson.js:11:585101)
    at Array.tX (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/truffle/node_modules/solc/soljson.js:8:557453)
    at Array.eea (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/truffle/node_modules/solc/soljson.js:6:495332)
    at Object.wOb [as dynCall_ii] (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/truffle/node_modules/solc/soljson.js:11:540050)
    at invoke_ii (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/truffle/node_modules/solc/soljson.js:1:1275129)
    at Array.ixa (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/truffle/node_modules/solc/soljson.js:7:494308)
    at Object.bVb [as dynCall_viii] (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/truffle/node_modules/solc/soljson.js:11:577232)
If this abort() is unexpected, build with -s ASSERTIONS=1 which can give more information.

I have done as suggested and used the -s ASSERTIONS=1 option, but this does not seem to change anything. What does "abort(5) at Error" mean?

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JustinDrake

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This means you have a solidity syntax error somewhere.

Unfortunately, the confusing error message comes from the most recent version of solidity. I've filed an issue here. It should be fixed in the next release.

tcoulter on 3 Jul 2017

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You probably forgot a semicolon somewhere, the error message is really confusing.

vacavaca on 2 Jul 2017

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This means you have a solidity syntax error somewhere.

Unfortunately, the confusing error message comes from the most recent version of solidity. I've filed an issue here. It should be fixed in the next release.

tcoulter on 3 Jul 2017

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Are you guys sure that this comes from a Solidity syntax error? I have this error while compiling OpenZeppelin's ERC20 StandardToken contract, which is highly unlikely to contain any syntax errors.