CreateNewProc bug in SASC ?

[Jose]

It must be what Thomas suggested, I just moved this piece of code from VBCC to SASC to be able to use it's debugger and kept most of the default options.

As for stdio not being thread safe. I've debugged various multithreaded functions in the past and worst result I've had AFAIremember was the text output being mixed up, but no crashes.

Cheers for the replies

[Piru]

@Jose

As for stdio not being thread safe. I've debugged various multithreaded functions in the past and worst result I've had AFAIremember was the text output being mixed up, but no crashes.

It can crash, it's just not very likely to happen.

However, in my personal opinion nothing is more annoying than rare, untrackable crashes.

[Gilloo]

Hello,
Try with this code, it certainly work better.


/* Function caller */
void CllFnc(void)
{ Forbid();
  FPrintf(Output(),"Test text working!!!\n");
}

[Piru]

Try with this code, it certainly work better.

Actually it doesn't. dos.library buffered I/O isn't thread safe (that is, you cannot safely access buffered filehandle from multiple processes). The filehandle buffer isn't protected against simultanous access, so if you're unlucky things can go badly wrong.

If you print just couple of lines it's not very likely to break, however.

[Einstein]

void CllFnc(void);

PrcTgs[0].ti_Tag = NP_Entry;

My Opinion:

Are we influenced by awkward Unix naming convention perhaps ?  :roll:
Nowadays I see other operating systems with clear, fully descriptive, and rationally named APIs, something Amiga should've done long ago, why do certain amiga programmers insist on going the unix convetion way ?

Why not just..

void CallFunction( void );
..
newProcessTags[ 0 ].ti_Tag = NP_Entry;

..?


Just to expand, things like:

window->RPort vs screen->RastPort
struct RastPort vs struct RasInfo (without a "t")
struct RasInfo vs struct Layer_Info (with an underscore)

 :-?

And these are just a few of the annoyances.

Just my opinion, no more rants lol.

[Jose]

@Einstein

Never messed with it, but I think names are irrelevant...

[Einstein]

I agree, they are irrelevant when used privately, but in case of Open Source, or as formal APIs, unix like naming can be a real pain in the ass, float myCents = 0.000001;.