RE:CINT problem?

Masaharu Goto (MXJ02154@nifty.ne.jp)
Sun, 15 Nov 1998 23:45:00 +0900


Mike,

Thank you for reporting this bug. I figured out what is happening and fixed it
.

Cint tries to compile inner and outer loops at the first execution. But the
bytecode compiler has a limitation for array element initialization. It should
stop compilation and void the bytecode. But, there was a bug when you have
array initialization inside outer loop.

I fixed the problem in the latest version. This is an easy change. You can
patch the source code by yourself. In $CINTSYSDIR/src/pcode.c, remove line
5133.

src/pcode.c line 5133
/* if(G__ASM_FUNC_NOP==G__asm_wholefunction) G__no_exec_compile=0; */

Masaharu Goto

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Hello,

I am quite new to root and C++. I am having trouble understanding
what CINT is doing. CINT will execute code in blocks that it should not
enter. The following is an example;

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int main(){

for(int i=0;i<5;i++){
printf("Loop number %d\n",i);

if(4>5) { //always false

double xd[20]={0}; // this casues problems

for(int u=0;u<1;u++){printf("Inside test loop\n");}
printf("This should not be printed\n");

} //if block

} //for loop
return 0;
}
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The if statement is always false. So, I understand that code in
that block should never be executed? If I compile this with a regular C++
compiler (g++) it works as I expect. If I run this same code with CINT, I
get something I don't understand. The first time through the first for
loop, I get the printed statement from the line "printf("This should not
be printed\n");".
I have found that if I remove either of the two lines,

double xd[20]={0}; // this casues problems

for(int u=0;u<1;u++){printf("Inside test loop\n");}

the problem goes away. Could someone explain to me what is happening
here?

Thanks,
Mike Heffner