FYI:
$ pike
Pike v8.1 release 13 running Hilfe v3.5 (Incremental Pike Frontend)
> object x = Crypto.MAC()->State("secretp");
Segmentation fault
It might be abuse of the API (I was trying to find an incantation to
create a secret to be used for JWT generation), but a segfault would
not be allowed.
--
Stephen.