Author: Eugene Nalimov
Date: 14:42:01 05/13/04
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On May 13, 2004 at 17:37:08, Anthony Cozzie wrote:
>On May 13, 2004 at 16:11:34, 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
>
>Always use subtraction:
>
>if(get_ms() - start_time > search_time ) do something;
According to the C/C++ standards for signed types compiler can rewrite your
condition as
if(get_ms() > start_time + search_time ) do something;
Thanks,
Eugene
>anthony
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