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Subject: Re: get_ms() bug

Author: Dann Corbit

Date: 16:37:43 05/13/04

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On May 13, 2004 at 18:41:53, Omid David Tabibi 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
>
>I had a similar bug in Falcon, and I discovered it just one day before the Graz
>WCCC! I don't remember what exactly went wrong there, but since then I am using
>Windows' GetTickCount() function.

Has similar problems (will wrap-around once 4 billion milliseconds have elapsed
from system start).
86400sec/day*1000ms/sec = 86,400,000 ms per day gives about 49.7 days.



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