[Bug-gnubg] Re: Bug-gnubg Digest, Vol 55, Issue 8

[bower]

On Sun, 10 Jun 2007, Achim wrote:

> * Christian Anthon <address@hidden> [070610 17:06]:
> > Definitely a threading bug. I get really weird results using two
> > threads as well. Achim, can you confirm that you are using a threaded
> > version?
>
> Yes, this was done on a dual core ... and I already found the reason. If
> you choose more threads than cores you get these weird results. On my pc
> it was set on "2" which is actually "3" when you start counting with
> "0", as gnubg does.
>
> The question is whether this should somehow be documentated or whether
> there shoulb be a control function in it. Does this happen on Windows
> also?

Yes, it happens on WinXP-SP2 and has since the beginning of 0.16.  It
doesn't always happen, and often it shows weird numbers in the foreground
results window (while running and after running).  Those weird numbers
are sometimes very long decimal numbers (20-30 digits) and sometimes
weird characters (e.g. Q1.x) followed by more nonsensical info.

FWIW I'm running on AMD 4600+.  I choose 2 processers in the options box.


        Chuck