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Subject: Re: get_ms() bug

Author: Robert Hyatt

Date: 13:47:43 05/13/04

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On May 13, 2004 at 16:35:59, Jeff GAZET wrote:

>>hi,
>>
>>All versions of my engine have got a bug since a few hours : you can't set a
>>fixed depth :-(
>>
>>for those who are using something like this :
>>
>>int stop_time;
>>stop_time=get_ms()+1000;
>>
>>this is buggy now, as get_ms()>2146589376
>>and long is 2147483647
>
>More details about this code :
>
>int start_time, int stop_time;
>init_time=3600; // for example
>start_time=get_ms(); // get_ms() returns int
>stop_time=start_time+(init_time*1000);
>
>A fiew minutes ago, get_ms() was >0 so start_time was something like 2146589376.
>stop time was <0: something like -2146589376
>so, every engines had a bug on my PC. They could be set to a fixed depth.
>Because for a fixed depth, i set stop in an hour.
>
>Now, get_ms<0: -2146766904
>stop_time too, and all is all right now !
>
>There was a bug for a fiew minutes, can you believe that ?


Do you understand what "signed int" vs "unsigned int" means?

Time is almost always unsigned...



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