[squeak-dev] Re: 64-bit bug(s)

Eliot Miranda eliot.miranda at gmail.com
Sat Jun 18 02:25:22 UTC 2016


Hi Marcel,


> On Jun 17, 2016, at 2:12 PM, marcel.taeumel <Marcel.Taeumel at hpi.de> wrote:
> 
> Eliot Miranda-2 wrote
>> Hi Timothy, Hi All,
>> 
>>    I know some people have seen UI bugs with the 64-bit VM and image.
>> This is just to report that I see one very obvious bug.  In a recent
>> messages browser on 64-bits any attempt to select a method other than the
>> first in the list works, but immediately the selection reverts to the
>> first
>> element in the list.  I suspect something in the event chain.  But it's
>> nice to have an obvious bug to chase instead of the much harder visual
>> bugs
>> people have been reporting up until now. Hopefully the same root cause
>> will
>> account for both bugs.  Fingers crossed.
>> 
>> _,,,^..^,,,_
>> best, Eliot
> 
> Don't we have tests for numbers and rectangles? Do they pass?
> 
> A quick look at the selection mechanism in lists revealed these calls:
> PluggableListMorph >> #rowAtLocation: (with a coordinate transformation)
> LazyListMorph >> #rowAtLocation: (with calls to #min: #min:max: etc.)
> 
> You could write event positions to the transcript.

Well the annoying thing is that the bug has disappeared and the #%^*£> recent submissions browser is working fine.  Sigh...

> 
> Best,
> Marcel
> 
> 
> 
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