Re: [Chicken-users] tinyclos on windows

[Felix]

From: Christian Kellermann <address@hidden>
Subject: Re: [Chicken-users] tinyclos on windows
Date: Thu, 23 Dec 2010 19:59:50 +0100

> Hi!
> 
> * Hans Nowak <address@hidden> [101223 17:11]:
>> 2010/12/23 Matt Welland <address@hidden>:
>> > C:\Users\matt>csi
>> >
>> > CHICKEN
>> > (c)2008-2010 The Chicken Team
>> > (c)2000-2007 Felix L. Winkelmann
>> > Version 4.6.0
>> > windows-mingw32-x86 [ manyargs dload ptables ]
>> > compiled Wed 12/22/2010  on hermes (MinGW)
>> >
>> > #;1> (use tinyclos)
>> > ; loading c:/chicken/lib/chicken/5/tinyclos.import.so ...
>> > ; loading c:/chicken/lib/chicken/5/scheme.import.so ...
>> > ; loading c:/chicken/lib/chicken/5/chicken.import.so ...
>> > ; loading c:/chicken/lib/chicken/5/foreign.import.so ...
>> > ; loading c:/chicken/lib/chicken/5/extras.import.so ...
>> > ; loading c:/chicken/lib/chicken/5/data-structures.import.so ...
>> > ; loading c:/chicken/lib/chicken/5/lolevel.import.so ...
>> > ; loading c:/chicken/lib/chicken/5/srfi-1.import.so ...
>> > ; loading c:/chicken/lib/chicken/5/tinyclos.so ...
>> >
>> > Error: (inexact->exact) inexact number cannot be represented as an exact
>> > number:
>> >  1293115.331
>> 
>> I'm getting the same error, using Chicken 4.6.0 on Mac OS X 10.5.
>> 
>> Upon successive runs, the values I got were 1293120.171, 1293120.18,
>> and 1293120.198.  Because it goes up a bit every time, I wonder if it
>> has anything to do with the conversion of a date/time value, or
>> something similar.
> 
> Can you try this with at least 4.6.1? It should work then although
> I am not sure the tinyclos egg is still in a usable shape. I would
> love to hear about difficulties with the transition to coops! Can
> you show me some code that is hard to translate? Maybe there is a
> cure for your pains there?
> 

I can't reproduce this myself (4.6.4). Trying the latest tinyclos
is a good idea. A sure way to pinpoint the problem is to use
a debug-build of chicken (DEBUGBUILD=1) and do:

chicken-install -r tinyclos
cd tinyclos
chicken-install -k
gdb csi
b C_dbg_hook
run
(use tinyclos)
bt


cheers,
felix