xrjjm%6173.span@JPL-VLSI.ARPA.UUCP (03/05/87)
This is in response to Denny Thury's problems with using the SWING sent via INFO-VAX. Problems I had with SWING: 1. Transmission Errors: Look for possible <CR>'s in various files which will cause Compilation errors. My copy crossed at least 2 mail gateways getting to me (On SPAN) and I had a few. 2. Run-Time Errors: Two subroutines have bugs in them. One is HARDCOPY, the other is FIND_NODE. The bug is the same in both, a request to truncate a variable, like JUNK(1:XX), where XX is out of bounds. In the case of FIND_NODE it trys (1:0) and blows... in HARDCOPY it's (13:12) where the variable is only 12 characters long. (Anyone wanting details on these patches, please contact me at the address below...) 3. Include file errors: Apparently some people have an enhanced version of $SMGDEF hanging around, and you may find that SWING is referencing items in $SMGDEF that don't exist. What you can do is globally change the Include($SMGDEF) to the file SMGDEF.TXT which came with the source. That will clear up the problem. (I have a quick and dirty program for doing that also... Send mail for a copy...) Over all, I have found it to be a neat program, and I plan to release it to my development staff as soon as I find all of the bugs. Regards, ^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v John J. McMahon (Fast-Eddie) Internet: XRJJM%6173.SPAN@JPL-VLSI.ARPA Technical Systems Programmer Bitnet: ZMJJM@SCFVM STX - ST Systems Corporation SPAN/PHYSNET/HEPNET: NASA Goddard Space Flight Center 6173::XRJJM = CSDR::XRJJM (Node 6.29) Greenbelt, Maryland 20771 Views expressed in this letter are my own, and are not meant to represent the views of my employers.