Re: uimenu implementation, 2nd version [octave_execution_exception]

[Ben Abbott]

On Nov 18, 2010, at 9:18 AM, Ben Abbott wrote:

> On Nov 10, 2010, at 4:14 PM, Kai Habel wrote:
> 
>> On 27.10.2010 01:11, Ben Abbott wrote:
>>> On Oct 21, 2010, at 10:56 PM, Kai Habel wrote:
>>> 
>>>> Hello,
>>>> 
>>>> this is the second version of an uimenu implementation for the fltk 
>>>> backend. It should be compatible with matlab in most cases. My first 
>>>> implementation was more or less a proof-of-concept, this one is more 
>>>> careful designed. (I don't claim to be good C++ programmer, so if you 
>>>> think something should be done differently, I am open for suggestions)
>>>> This time I have separated the uimenu functions from the plot_window in a 
>>>> different class. Keep in mind that not all menu properties in fltk can be 
>>>> changed dynamically, therefore I have to rebuild the entrire menu in some 
>>>> cases.
>>>> I have attached a Changeset relative to the current tip. Changelog, News 
>>>> entry and manual entry are not included yet.
>>>> 
>>>> Since I have seen some crashes in intermediate versions, it would be nice 
>>>> if people regularly bulding octave on Mac and Windows could test the 
>>>> changeset. I have attached a simple test file as well.
>>>> 
>>>> Kai
>>>> 
>>>> Please not that there is already a bug opened for the delayed output of a 
>>>> callback function.
>>>> https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?31121
>>>> <simple_menu.m><Changeset.uimenu_ver2>
>>> This simple demo crashes octave.
>>> 
>>> figure (1)
>>> clf
>>> plot (1:10)
>>> f = uimenu ("label", "foobar");
>>> uimenu (f, "label", "Say Hello", "Callback", "disp ('Hello World')");
>>> uimenu (f, "label", "Clear Figure", "Callback", @clf);
>>> 
>>> The first menu item illustrates the problem with the delayed output.
>>> 
>>> Clicking on "Clear Figure", causes a core-dump
>>> 
>>> octave:1>  backend_fltk
>>> error: `backend_fltk' undefined near line 1 column 1
>>> octave:1>  backend fltk
>>> octave:2>  demo_uimenu
>>> octave:3>  error: Invalid call to clf.  Correct usage is:
>>> 
>>> -- Function File:  clf ()
>>> -- Function File:  clf ("reset")
>>> -- Function File:  clf (HFIG)
>>> -- Function File:  clf (HFIG, "reset")
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Additional help for built-in functions and operators is
>>> available in the on-line version of the manual.  Use the command
>>> `doc<topic>' to search the manual index.
>>> 
>>> Help and information about Octave is also available on the WWW
>>> at http://www.octave.org and via the address@hidden
>>> mailing list.
>>> terminate called after throwing an instance of 'octave_execution_exception'
>>> panic: Abort trap -- stopping myself...
>>> attempting to save variables to `octave-core'...
>>> save to `octave-core' complete
>>> 
>>> A backtrace gives ...
>>> 
>>> #0  0x96a42ef6 in __kill ()
>>> #1  0x96a42ee8 in kill$UNIX2003 ()
>>> #2  0x96ad562d in raise ()
>>> #3  0x96aeb6e4 in abort ()
>>> #4  0x903bffda in __gnu_cxx::__verbose_terminate_handler ()
>>> #5  0x903be17a in __cxxabiv1::__terminate ()
>>> #6  0x903be1ba in std::terminate ()
>>> #7  0x903be2b8 in __cxa_throw ()
>>> #8  0x02532e2f in octave_throw_execution_exception () at misc/quit.cc:67
>>> #9  0x003b83f4 in lo_error_with_id_handler (id=Could not find the frame 
>>> base for "lo_error_with_id_handler(char const*, char const*, ...)".
>>> ) at octave.cc:546
>>> #10 0x01346046 in gripe_index_out_of_range (nd=2, dim=1, idx=1, ext=0) at 
>>> lo-array-gripes.cc:105
>>> #11 0x01403a23 in idx_vector::extent () at 
>>> /Users/bpabbott/Development/mercurial/local_clone/liboctave/idx-vector.h:779
>>> #12 0x01403a23 in Array<double>::index (this=0xbfff85e8, address@hidden, 
>>> address@hidden) at Array.cc:780
>>> #13 0x017b67ea in Matrix::extract_n (this=0xbfff85e8, r1=0, c1=2, nr=1, 
>>> nc=2) at dMatrix.cc:589
>>> #14 0x001ccadd in screen_size_pixels () at graphics.cc:541
>>> #15 0x0020cb9d in figure::properties::get_boundingbox (this=0x3080e08) at 
>>> graphics.cc:2765
>>> #16 0x00210716 in axes::properties::get_boundingbox (this=0x30a4c08, 
>>> internal=true) at graphics.cc:3962
>>> #17 0x047142e3 in plot_window::pixel2axes_or_ca (this=0x19123970, px=35, 
>>> py=52) at DLD-FUNCTIONS/fltk_backend.cc:988
>>> #18 0x0471a606 in plot_window::handle (this=0x19123970, event=1) at 
>>> DLD-FUNCTIONS/fltk_backend.cc:1223
>>> #19 0x027eb702 in send ()
>>> #20 0x027eeece in Fl::handle ()
>>> #21 0x027f123f in carbonMouseHandler ()
>>> #22 0x9613ff2f in DispatchEventToHandlers ()
>>> #23 0x9613f1f6 in SendEventToEventTargetInternal ()
>>> #24 0x961619bb in SendEventToEventTarget ()
>>> #25 0x961734db in ToolboxEventDispatcherHandler ()
>>> #26 0x96140380 in DispatchEventToHandlers ()
>>> #27 0x9613f1f6 in SendEventToEventTargetInternal ()
>>> #28 0x961ac441 in CallNextEventHandler ()
>>> #29 0x027ee022 in carbonDispatchHandler ()
>>> #30 0x9613ff2f in DispatchEventToHandlers ()
>>> #31 0x9613f1f6 in SendEventToEventTargetInternal ()
>>> #32 0x961619bb in SendEventToEventTarget ()
>>> #33 0x027edb22 in do_queued_events ()
>>> #34 0x027edccd in Fl::wait ()
>>> #35 0x027edd07 in Fl::check ()
>>> #36 0x04702bbf in __fltk_redraw__ () at DLD-FUNCTIONS/fltk_backend.cc:1743
>>> #37 0x04702c25 in F__fltk_redraw__ () at DLD-FUNCTIONS/fltk_backend.cc:1876
>>> #38 0x004a3d26 in octave_builtin::do_multi_index_op (this=0x48465e0, 
>>> nargout=0, address@hidden, lvalue_list=0x0) at ov-builtin.cc:129
>>> #39 0x004a40ff in octave_builtin::do_multi_index_op (this=0x48465e0, 
>>> nargout=0, address@hidden) at ov-builtin.cc:99
>>> #40 0x00080206 in octave_value::do_multi_index_op (this=0xbfff9e68, 
>>> nargout=0, address@hidden) at ov.cc:1267
>>> #41 0x00060c01 in feval (address@hidden, address@hidden, nargout=0) at 
>>> oct-parse.yy:4130
>>> #42 0x002ab4a6 in input_event_hook () at input.cc:1262
>>> #43 0x01ca2633 in command_editor::event_handler () at cmd-edit.cc:889
>>> #44 0x02bb85ec in rl_read_key ()
>>> #45 0x02ba09f8 in readline_internal_char ()
>>> #46 0x02ba0bc4 in readline_internal_charloop ()
>>> #47 0x02ba0bec in readline_internal ()
>>> #48 0x02ba06ac in readline ()
>>> #49 0x01ca376e in gnu_readline::do_readline (this=0x4037150, 
>>> address@hidden, address@hidden) at cmd-edit.cc:253
>>> #50 0x01ca3669 in command_editor::readline (address@hidden, address@hidden) 
>>> at cmd-edit.cc:914
>>> #51 0x0003bb63 in gnu_readline (address@hidden, force_readline=false) at 
>>> input.cc:205
>>> #52 0x0003d9ed in interactive_input (address@hidden, force_readline=<value 
>>> temporarily unavailable, due to optimizations>) at input.cc:251
>>> #53 0x0003dc12 in std::string::operator= () at 
>>> /usr/include/c++/4.2.1/bits/basic_string.h:281
>>> #54 0x0003dc12 in octave_gets [inlined] () at 
>>> /Users/bpabbott/Development/mercurial/local_clone/src/input.cc:281
>>> #55 0x0003dc12 in get_user_input [inlined] () at 
>>> /Users/bpabbott/Development/mercurial/local_clone/src/input.cc:352
>>> #56 0x0003dc12 in octave_read (buf=0x49eca00 "", max_size=8192) at 
>>> input.cc:374
>>> #57 0x0003eebf in yy_get_next_buffer () at lex.cc:3098
>>> #58 0x0004fec9 in octave_lex () at lex.cc:2940
>>> #59 0x00066940 in octave_parse () at oct-parse.cc:2409
>>> #60 0x00424194 in main_loop () at toplev.cc:564
>>> #61 0x003bfc32 in octave_main (argc=6, argv=0xbfffafd8, embedded=0) at 
>>> octave.cc:894
>>> #62 0x00001f80 in main (argc=6, argv=0xbfffafd8) at main.c:35
>>> 
>>> Ben
>> Ben,
>> 
>> I have found some bugs in the uimenu code, could you check with a recent tip 
>> (including [1]), if you still get a crash. If you do, can you send me the 
>> output of valgrind too? (./run-octave -valgrind)
>> 
>> Kai
>> 
>> [1]
>> address@hidden:~/hg-octave/octave> hg tip
>> Änderung:        11224:e0db3f9e9267
>> Marke:           tip
>> Nutzer:          Kai Habel <address@hidden>
>> Datum:           Wed Nov 10 22:03:58 2010 +0100
>> Zusammenfassung: Add more checks for uimeu
> 
> Kai,
> 
> I still see the crash.
> 
> Unfortunately, I don't have valgrind installed on MacOS X. I'll have to 
> dowload and build it. Once that is done, I'll reply with the results attached.
> 
> Ben

With valgrind, it crashed while I was adding the uimenus. This time I had 
written a simple script. The crash occurred before figure was rendered.

Both the output and the script are attached.

Ben

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