RE:changing macro on disk while it is r

From: Masaharu Goto (MXJ02154@nifty.ne.jp)
Date: Thu Dec 10 1998 - 11:59:21 MET


Pasha,

>Hi Rooters, 
>       when runnning relatively long interactive analysis jobs I noticed 
>that the execution is affected by the changes I make to the source file 
>of the running macro in case I save the changed macro on disk. 
>Most of the times my job just crashes. Is there a good reason for CINT 
>(ROOTCINT) following what is happening on disk *AFTER* the macro has been 
>loaded and (fortunately) precompiled? 
>
>If there is, it would be very nice if this feature which seems to be quite 
>important were documented.
>       regards, pasha.

In order to reduce memory consumption, cint reads source code from the file
system "on-the-fly". So, unless I/O library buffers the file contents, changin
g
a running macro affects the execution. 

I agree this must be documented. 

Masaharu Goto



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