[PD] tabread / write broken on 64bit AMD Linux

[zmoelnig at iem.at]

Zitat von zack <zack at sat.qc.ca>:

>
> On my AMD dual-core 64bit (linux) running pd, recently checked out of 
>  the CVS:
>
>
> It looks like tabread misses (returns 0 for) every other (odd)  array 
>  value when reading the contents of an array --- UNLESS the contents  
> was set using tabwrite, in which case, the data is there-- as if the  
> reader was indexing  with   a 32 bit-size increment...

this is a long known issue (quite as long as there are amd64 computers 
out there)

however, nobody has found time yet to fix it (the fix is not trivial).
if you don't want to fix it yourself but need this feature, i see only 
2 possibilities:
a) make a amd64 available to mr.puckette (lend him one, buy him one,...)
b) fund some developer who already has an amd64 but never had the time 
to fix the tables.

the 2 other solutions are to run pd in 32bit mode (i never found any 
real speed gains in any application when running in 64bit - but of 
course it is cooler) OR rethink whether you really cannot do without 
tables for now (i have been living with pd on x86_64 for >6 month now 
and it seems like i never really needed the tables. but then it is just 
my laptop which i hardly ever use) all the best.

mfg.asdr.
IOhannes
-------------- next part --------------
A non-text attachment was scrubbed...
Name: not available
Type: application/pgp-keys
Size: 1718 bytes
Desc: ?ffentlicher PGP-Schl?ssel
URL: <http://lists.puredata.info/pipermail/pd-list/attachments/20060323/e5b3f546/attachment.key>