Bug in AmigaOS 3.9 ram-handler ?

[ncafferkey]

Does the problem with the RAM-handler only arise when more than one program is using your library? If so, is this not acceptable given that that the bug isn't in your code. People will still be able to use it with the RAM-handler most of the time.

[Noster]

Hi

(sorry for the late answer, I've been offline for two days)

> ncafferkey wrote:
> Does the problem with the RAM-handler only arise when more than one program is using your library?

Yes that's true, even if more than one program accesses the same files in the ram-disk via my library, the ram-handler will not die, unless a lock-fault appears, i.e. one program still holds a recordlock, when another is trying to obtain a lock. (I've constructed this situation in my test-program, usually it is not a very frequent event).

But nevertheless this bug is annoying, it should not be. It is so easy to create a test for this condition, it should have been testet, found, and removed when the ram-handler was written BEFORE it was released.

Noster

[TheGuest]

I wonder if the Hyperion team knows about this problem? Is there any chance this ram-handler bug will be part of OS4?
Noster, How about an update on your runtime-library?

[Noster]

Hi

> I wonder if the Hyperion team knows about this problem?

I don't know, all email addresses I've tried until now to find someone who has access to the source, to be able to remove this bug, have either not responded or was the wrong person, don't able to help :-(
But I haven't tried to contact Hyperion, I'm looking for a solution for OS 3.9.

> Is there any chance this ram-handler bug will be part of OS4?

If it will be, I will find it :-)
I hope that in that case the bug will be removed by the first available BoingBag, that the OS 4.0 will not be a dead child like OS 3.9.

> Noster, How about an update on your runtime-library?

If my database.library is completed (currently I'm writing the documentation, examplecode and removing errors found by these examples) and OS 4.0 is available for my A3000T with CyberstormPPC, I will try to create a OS 4.0 PPC version, of course.

Noster