Already filed as:

  http://jira.openlaszlo.org/jira/browse/LPP-7344

Guess we should raise the priority on that!

On 2010-04-06, at 10:25, Henry Minsky wrote:

> Hmm, I wonder if there is anything better that the compiler or runtime can
> do to  warn about
> constraints that cannot work.
> 
> The runtime error you were seeing was a clue, maybe we can make a beefed up
> check in the
> constraint execution code  in debug mode to try and help flag cases where
> the constraint
> is ill-formed.
> 
> 
> 
> On Tue, Apr 6, 2010 at 10:10 AM, Roger Yarrow <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
>> Thanks everyone for the prompt replies.  With lots of commenting out
>> sections and trial/error, I found the problematic constraint.  I had a
>> constraint inside a class that was based upon an array. The array is defined
>> in the class such as this:
>> 
>>        <attribute name="range_array" type="expression" value="$once{new
>> Array()}"/>
>> 
>> The constraint was like this:
>> 
>>        <view visible="${classroot.range_array.length>1}">
>> 
>> This was the point of failure.  To resolve, I made an attribute that held
>> the current value of the array's length.  I then modified the constraint to
>> use this attribute value instead, and it works!  Problem solved!
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> On Tue, Apr 6, 2010 at 1:33 AM, Max Carlson <[email protected]> wrote:
>> 
>>> Wow - congratulations on the port!
>>> 
>>> I'd suggest running in debug mode with backtrace enabled.  Then, you can
>>> click on the errors and see exactly what's causing them.  If it's something
>>> in our code you can click the bug report button and use that to submit a
>>> report to http://jira.openlaszlo.org/ so we can get it fixed for you.
>>> 
>>> Let me know what you find!
>>> 
>>> Regards,
>>> Max Carlson
>>> OpenLaszlo.org
>>> 
>>> 
>>> On 4/5/10 8:33 PM, Roger Yarrow wrote:
>>> 
>>>> Hi,
>>>> 
>>>> I have a large app (18000+ lines) that I migrated from 4.1.1 swf8 to
>>>> 4.7.1 swf9.  I have it all working (finally!) with debug=true.  When
>>>> debug=true, the application will compile and execute but I get about a
>>>> handful of errors like this:
>>>> 
>>>> ERROR @core/LzNode.lzs˜1518: TypeError: Error #1034: Type Coercion
>>>> failed: cannot convert [...@2c2b5821 to LzEventable.
>>>> ERROR @core/LzNode.lzs˜1518: TypeError: Error #1034: Type Coercion
>>>> failed: cannot convert [...@b297f59 to LzEventable.
>>>> ERROR @core/LzNode.lzs˜1518: TypeError: Error #1034: Type Coercion
>>>> failed: cannot convert [...@c91ec11 to LzEventable.
>>>> ERROR @core/LzNode.lzs˜1518: TypeError: Error #1034: Type Coercion
>>>> failed: cannot convert [...@a6610b1 to LzEventable.
>>>> 
>>>> The errors are during initialization as I have lots of views/classes
>>>> being instantiated in a variety of ways.
>>>> 
>>>> When I attempt to deploy the app using debug=false, it will not fully
>>>> execute.  Adobe Flash (debugger version) pops up with errors such as:
>>>> 
>>>> TypeError: Error #1034: Type Coercion failed: cannot convert [...@1d6a2661
>>>> to .LzEventable.
>>>>    at LzNode/applyConstraintMethod()
>>>>    at LzNode/applyConstraintExpr()
>>>>    at LzNode/__LZresolveReferences()
>>>>    at LzNode/__LZcallInit()
>>>>    at LzNode/__LZcallInit()
>>>>    at LzNode/__LZcallInit()
>>>>    at LzNode/__LZclearPreventInit()
>>>>    at LzState/apply()
>>>>    at LzState/$lzc$set_applied()
>>>>    at LzEventable/setAttribute()
>>>>    at MethodInfo-2268()
>>>>    at LzNode/applyConstraintMethod()
>>>>    at LzNode/applyConstraintExpr()
>>>>    at LzNode/__LZresolveReferences()
>>>>    at LzNode/__LZcallInit()
>>>>    at LzNode/__LZcallInit()
>>>>    at LzNode/__LZcallInit()
>>>>    at LzNode/__LZcallInit()
>>>>    at LzNode/__LZcallInit()
>>>>    at LzNode/__LZcallInit()
>>>>    at LzNode/__LZcallInit()
>>>>    at LzNode/__LZinstantiationDone()
>>>>    at LzView/__LZinstantiationDone()
>>>>    at LzInstantiatorService/makeSomeViews()
>>>>    at LzInstantiatorService/checkQ()
>>>>    at 
>>>> Function/http://adobe.com/AS3/2006/builtin::call()<http://adobe.com/AS3/2006/builtin::call%28%29>
>>>>    at LzEvent/sendEvent()
>>>>    at LzIdleKernel$/__update()
>>>> 
>>>> And:
>>>> 
>>>> TypeError: Error #1034: Type Coercion failed: cannot convert [...@1fc27079
>>>> to .LzEventable.
>>>>    at LzNode/applyConstraintMethod()
>>>>    at LzNode/applyConstraintExpr()
>>>>    at LzNode/__LZresolveReferences()
>>>>    at LzNode/__LZcallInit()
>>>>    at LzNode/__LZcallInit()
>>>>    at LzNode/__LZclearPreventInit()
>>>>    at LzState/apply()
>>>>    at LzState/$lzc$set_applied()
>>>>    at LzEventable/setAttribute()
>>>>    at MethodInfo-2286()
>>>>    at LzNode/applyConstraintMethod()
>>>>    at LzNode/applyConstraintExpr()
>>>>    at LzNode/__LZresolveReferences()
>>>>    at LzNode/__LZcallInit()
>>>>    at LzNode/__LZcallInit()
>>>>    at LzNode/__LZcallInit()
>>>>    at LzNode/__LZcallInit()
>>>>    at LzNode/__LZcallInit()
>>>>    at LzNode/__LZcallInit()
>>>>    at LzNode/__LZinstantiationDone()
>>>>    at LzView/__LZinstantiationDone()
>>>>    at LzInstantiatorService/makeSomeViews()
>>>>    at LzInstantiatorService/createImmediate()
>>>>    at LzNode/createChildren()
>>>>    at LzNode()
>>>>    at LzView()
>>>>    at $lzc$class_generic_widget()
>>>>    at $lzc$class_countdown_timer()
>>>>    at $lzc$class_m3107/reload()
>>>>    at $lzc$class_m3100/show_desktop()
>>>>    at $lzc$class_m1974/clearMessage()
>>>>    at 
>>>> Function/http://adobe.com/AS3/2006/builtin::call()<http://adobe.com/AS3/2006/builtin::call%28%29>
>>>>    at LzDelegate/execute()
>>>>    at MethodInfo-437()
>>>>    at 
>>>> Function/http://adobe.com/AS3/2006/builtin::apply()<http://adobe.com/AS3/2006/builtin::apply%28%29>
>>>>    at LzTimeKernelClass/timerHandler()
>>>>    at flash.utils::Timer/_timerDispatch()
>>>>    at flash.utils::Timer/tick()
>>>> 
>>>> The nature of the errors (Error #1034) are the same so I'm assuming they
>>>> are one in the same.  When debug=true, Flash can "handle" the error and
>>>> allows my app to execute normally.  When debug=false, it cannot handle
>>>> the error and the app dies during instantiation and executes but only
>>>> "halfway" alive.
>>>> 
>>>> How do I figure out where the problem is?  I looked in core/LzNode and
>>>> the problem area is related to applyConstraintMethod, so I'm guessing I
>>>> have a constraint going haywire somewhere.  Perhaps a constraint is
>>>> based upon a view not yet instantiated?  How do I "dig deeper" to find
>>>> out where the issue is?
>>>> 
>>>> I am desperate here... if I have to, I can just deploy using a
>>>> debug=true and hide the debug window.  Obviously, I'd rather not do that.
>>>> 
>>>> Thanks!!
>>>> 
>>>> - Roger
>>>> 
>>> 
>> 
> 
> 
> -- 
> Henry Minsky
> Software Architect
> [email protected]


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