Hello everybody, in this email I'd like to summarize the current situation in the development.
In my previous email to the list, I've started discussing the circuit, component and connector deletion problems. Now there is progress, as a deleted circuit will free all the references towards itself, so in this regards there will be no more crashes. The way components and connectors are deleted still has to be defined. Now, if a connector is placed between 2 nodes belonging to different components, when one component is deleted, the connector will be also deleted. This can cause dangling pointers, so maybe the use of QPointer will be really needed. Another problem is related with the allocation of the objects: if the connector between two nodes is allocated on the stack (not in the heap), then deleting it will crash the program. This needs to be fixed. During this week, some bugs have been also fixed, related to building the project. Has anybody tried to build the minimal_simulator branch? Recently I've focused on the current source component. The almost trivial circuit, consisting of a resistor and current source currently is not simulated currently, because the ground is not assigned in the circuit, and due to this invalid/unsolvable equations appear in the simulator. By looking at the code, it seems that Circuit::identifyGround() method is never called. Anybody has some idea how should the ground identification work? Later I will focus on fixing the ground identification, and meanwhile I'm thinking of how to solve the component/connector deleting problem. Also it would be really useful to start to integrate the minimal_simulator branch into the used interface, as now simple circuits (consisting of resistors and voltage sources) work. Also this way the problem of deleting components or connectors from the circuit can be better handled, because we will know what exactly is needed. Regards, Zoltan ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Colocation vs. Managed Hosting A question and answer guide to determining the best fit for your organization - today and in the future. http://p.sf.net/sfu/internap-sfd2d _______________________________________________ Ktechlab-devel mailing list Ktechlab-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/ktechlab-devel
