2009/9/4 Christopher Michael <cpmicha...@comcast.net>

> Carsten Haitzler (The Rasterman) wrote:
> > On Sun, 30 Aug 2009 10:52:10 -0400 Christopher Michael <
> cpmicha...@comcast.net>
> > said:
> >
> >> Seems elm_genlist has issues :(
> >>
> >> Apparently you can only add about 11 subitems before problems start :(
> >>
> >> Basically, I created a "file tree" using elm_genlist_add. When listing
> >> out directories, I get to e->trunk->E-MODULES-EXTRA and the problems
> >> start. If I add the subdirs to modules-extra, I can only add about 11
> >> subitems (which all appear fine under e->trunk->E-MODULES-EXTRA), but
> >> anything after #11 appears at the end of the genlist...very odd so seems
> >> there is a bug in genlist somewhere :(
> >>
> >> I've uploaded some code for those brave enough to investigate this:
> >> http://devilhorns.us/files/echelon.tar.gz.
> >>
> >> This doesn't need to be 'installed' or anything, just build it, run it,
> >> and expand the tree to e->trunk->E-MODULES-EXTRA and you will see that
> >> after about subitem #11, the rest get added to the end of the genlist.
> >>
> >> I took a look at it myself, but no luck :(
> >
> > hmm i don't know what causes it.
> >
> > when u add an item to genlist it goes into a queue. all the params are
> stored
> > in that queue item (the item info, what item its above/below etc.). this
> queue
> > is processed in idle time to become real usable items. this is to handle
> the "i
> > want a list with 5,000,000 items" case or so. ie code adds a stupid # of
> items.
> > every item needs to at least be realized once, set up, size calculated
> etc. so a
> > scroller/scrollbar can display a size and position. as this can be
> prohibitive,
> > it's farmed off to be "done over time" to keep the app interactive. my
> guess is
> > something might go wrong here, but i can't see what it is. why the 11th
> level?
> > makes no sense.
> >
> >
> Yea, doesn't make a whole lot of sense to me either :( There is no
> hard-coded limit to the number of subitems right ? (Would seem silly to
> me) ... perhaps something is getting lost (item's parent) when the queue
> gets processed ?
>
>
Or maybe we call the insert_after(parent) BEFORE the parent item is
processed from the queue ??
DaveMDS


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