OpenEuphoria

Re: Langwar crash

• Posted by ChrisBurch2 <crylex at freeuk.co.uk> Nov 06, 2006
• 583 views

ChrisBurch2 wrote:
> 
> Robert Craig wrote:
> > 
> > Chris Burch wrote:
> > > Eu 3.0.1 (and 3.0.0)
> > > SuSE Linux 10.0 64 bit
> > > 
> > > Langwar is crashing
> > > 
> > > first part of ex.err
> > > 
> > > File: ex.err            Col 0              16300 bytes                    
> > >
> > >   0%
> > > ./sched.e:62 in function next_task()
> > > type_check failure, mintime is -11285555.93
> > >     mintime = -11285555.93
> > >     mintask = 5
> > >     i = 5
> > > 
> > > ... called from lw.ex:261 in procedure trek()
> > >     nk = <no value>
> > > 
> > > ... called from lw.ex:321
> > 
> > mintime is declared as a positive_atom.
> > I don't think I ever guarantee in the docs that time()
> > will return a non-negative number, though it
> > seems to do that in all cases I've seen. I only 
> > talk about measuring *differences* in time() from one call to
> > the next. Maybe you can add 
> >     without type_check
> > to the top of lw.exu and see what happens.
> > You might also try a small test to see if time() advances at the
> > correct rate.
> > 
> > Regards,
> >    Rob Craig
> >    Rapid Deployment Software
> >    <a href="http://www.RapidEuphoria.com">http://www.RapidEuphoria.com</a>
> 
> 
> Hi
> 
> How curious, my time() returns a -ve integer (and it does advance at the
> correct rate)
> 
>  From the docs
> 
> Description:  Return the number of seconds since some fixed point in the past.
> 
> Does this mean that I am writing this, on this computer, before this fixed
> point in the past?
> 
> Simply add this above procedure sched() in sched.e
> 
> global function my_time()
> return time() + 12000000
> end function
> 
> and replace all instances of time() with my_time throughout the whole of
> langwar,
> 
> to bring yourself 'up to date', or 'back to the future', or..... etc
> 
> Chris


Hi

Is this a feature of time() on 64 bit systems? Is this a dignostic technique for
telling you are running on a 64 bit system? Should it be fixed? Does it matter?
What will happen in 2036?

Chris