[Gambas-user] IDE 100% CPU and never loads project

[Bruce]

On Thu, 2012-11-29 at 17:02 +1030, Bruce wrote:
> This is a FYI and a hope for a fix.
> 
> Today I had a very nasty thing happen.
> 
> Inadvertently, I made a class inherit itself and started to compile the
> project.  This resulted in an endless compile so I killed the IDE.
> Here's where the nasty starts.  It has already updated the .info file
> and the bad class has its' parent set to itself. Viz
>         #Construct
>         Construct
>         
>         _property
>         m
>         b
>         etc...
> 
> When I restarted the IDE and tried to reload the project, it goes into
> an endless loop and runs at 100% CPU. 
> 
> I am writing this note because even when I found the problem and fixed
> the source via an external editor, the problem persisted.  It took
> several hours to find that it is caused by the entry in the .info file.
> 
> (Benoit, If this situation occurs, the IDE loops in CComponent.Load
> approximately around lines 504 to 611 forever. I don't understand enough
> of what is happening in this loop to even suggest a solution, but it may
> improve if it recognizes that the parent is the same class as the
> current class and somehow alerts the user.)
> 
> 
> So, if something similar happens to you, don't forget to check that 
> a) you didn't inadvertently make a class inherit itself, and
> b) that the info file needs fixing.
> 
> Bruce
> 
> 

Thanks Benoit,

One day I'll learn not to name classes so close to each other.
(embarassed icon)

B