[PD] Another bug in [pool]?

[Thomas Grill]

Hi all,
i would appreciate a documented patch to actually be able to reproduce  
the bug report.
I'm suspecting it has to do with the truncated decimal representation  
of floats but i can't be sure.
gr~~~

Am 16.03.2008 um 19:33 schrieb Phil Stone:

> Luke,
>
> As I mess around with rradical, I'm starting to use [pool] a lot more,
> and this post of yours from last month was a little worrisome; was  
> there
> any resolution?
>
>
> Phil Stone
> pkstonemusic.com
>
>
>
> Luke Iannini (pd) wrote:
>> Hi all,
>> I've been staring at this patch for a couple hours with no luck, so
>> I'm ready to ask for help.
>>
>> I seem to be running into another bug in pool.
>>
>> What's happening is I'm setting a key with 3 floats.  I then try to
>> [get( that key, but can't.  If I [printall(, I can see the key is in
>> the [pool].  But it won't come out.
>>
>> Even stranger, I can compose a new [set {key} 123 123 123( message  
>> and
>> send it to the same [pool], and instead of replacing the key, it
>> appears alongside it.  I can get the newly set key, but the old one
>> remains in the [pool], inaccessible.
>>
>> Since the usual behavior of pool would be to overwrite the first key
>> when a key of the same name is sent, I'm guessing I'm hitting a very
>> obscure bug again.
>>
>> Here's the patch, I'll keep trying to isolate it further.
>>
>> Cheers
>> Luke
>>
>> To repro: click "reset" at the top left, then click the [77 120(
>> message, then [77 0( immediately after that.  At that point, a  
>> message
>> like
>>
>> , 777.868 , 77 120 539.864
>>
>> will be in the pool $0notePool (click the [getall( message to
>> confirm).  Now, send a message [get 777.868( (or whatever the number
>> is), and if you're anything like me, you'll see... nothing!
>>
>> Now, make a message [set 777.868 5 5 5( and send it to the pool, then
>> click your [get 777.868( again.  Out will pop 5, 5, 5, but if you
>> click [getall( again you'll see
>> , 777.868 , 5 5 5
>> , 777.868 , 77 120 539.864
>>
>> You'll now notice a [pool] of tears.
>>
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Thomas Grill
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