This is a really low priority item, but the CINT parser does not understand the standard C++ const_cast, static_cast, etc. operators. Ultimately, it would be nice to implement these parts of the language. Also, with somewhat greater urgency, I find some consistent ways to crash root with attempts to read null or invalid pointers: 1) Under Windows NT, Root 2.00/08 or /09, run demos.C; open the root browser window; double click on the "Rint" icon on the tree view; double click on "Global Variables"; click on any of the "notepad" shaped icons (e.g., kTRUE). Windows terminates root, reporting: The instruction at "0x006c29ea" references memory at "0x00000000". The memory could not be "read". The Root console reports Warning in <TClass::TClass>: no dictionary for class TWin32BrowserImp available Error in <TWin32BrowserImp::CreateWindowsObject>: Dead lock !!! This kind of thing happens with almost any object I click on in the browser that has a notepad shaped icon. 2) Include a file with a preprocessor definition such as #if !defined(AFX_MODELDATA_H__264D89C5_128D_11D2_8318_00104B2C41FC__INCLUDED_) #define AFX_MODELDATA_H__264D89C5_128D_11D2_8318_00104B2C41FC__INCLUDED_ If the name is too long for Root's symbol table to handle, it should fail gracefully. Instead, root flails with invalid pointers and Windows NT terminates it, reporting: ' The instruction at "0x5f444544" referenced memory at "0x5f444544". The memory could not be "read" However, it doesn't hurt me to shorten the names, at which point the code works fine within CINT. 3) With less consistency, I frequently get crashes if I have been doing a lot of interactive editing of canvases using the editor tools. I don't yet have a good reproducible recipe for getting this behavior. I hope these reports are helpful. Thanks again to the Root team and everyone else who has contributed to making Root the fine tool it is. Regards, Jonathan =========================================================================== Jonathan M. Gilligan <jonathan.gilligan@vanderbilt.edu> Research Assistant Professor and Associate Director (615) 343-2957 Center for Molecular and Atomic Studies at Surfaces Fax: 343-1708 Dept. of Physics and Astronomy, Box 1807-B Sec'y 322-6438 Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN 37235 Lab: 343-7578
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