Re: Before releasing Gambas 3.21.4 - Timers test failure

[Benoît Minisini <benoit.minisini@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Le 10/03/2026 à 22:55, Jussi Lahtinen a écrit :
>     Indeed. I don't know what these tests are supposed to check. Especially
>     the Timer test #5, which fails if the 'Sleep' instruction does now wait
>     the specified time.
>
>     This is stupid, as by definition, sleeping can be interrupted, and so
>     may not wait at all, and the duration of the sleep may be rounded up,
>     depending how the system behaves.
>
>     I think this test should be removed.
>
>
> Not sure, but if they are taken from the tests I made, they check if the 
> commands work as expected.
> I don't think Sleep command should be interruptible, Wait is for that. 
> There should be some tolerance for rounding up.
>
>
> Jussi

I checked, and indeed the Sleep instruction repeats the system call 
until the specified time elapses.

So the difference between the specified time and the actual duration of 
the instruction should come from the system.

REgards,

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Benoît Minisini.