Re: itl library question

[Nadim Shaikli <shaikli at yahoo dot com>]

--- Thamer Mahmoud wrote:
> ahmed el-helw writes:
>  > i've managed to isolate this problem to a simple test case main which
>  > i've attached -- oddly enough, when thamer compiled and ran it, he got
>  > the correct results, but i get different results between the first and
>  > second run.  [the test main i've attached calls calculate twice -- i get
>  > different results from the second call than the first, but thamer gets
>  > the same results between the two].
>  
> Good news :-). I'm now able to reproduce this problem by using an
> older gcc version (3.2 vs. 3.3) and no optimization flag enabled. The
> bug is related to how values are being stored and updated into the
> global variable "Astro astro" after consecutive calls.
>
[snip snip]
>
> This problem is now fixed on CVS.
>
> Although we should probably not make a habit of it, but if this bug is
> confirmed as fixed, I think it is a major enough problem (for GUI
> apps) to deserve an 0.6.2 release.

No worries - you can make a habit of this (progress should always be
encouraged :-)  Feel free to make a release any time you like as often
as you like.

I'll wait for confirmation on this anomaly's fix in order to proceed
with a 0.6.2 release soon thereafter.

Salam.

 - Nadim


		
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