ms1@philabs.philips.com (Mitch Stein) (12/13/90)
Help, I,m using a public domain pascal compiler and while attempting to write my first program using arrays and strings although the source code compiles without errors when I try to run the program the system immediately GURU's with: 00000003.002398D8 What does it mean. Secondly This same program with slight modification runs fine on a PC using Turbo Pascal what could be the problem using PCQ. MITCH
conan@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu (Robert Faulkner) (12/15/90)
> I,m using a public domain pascal compiler and while attempting >to write my first program using arrays and strings although the source >code compiles without errors when I try to run the program the system >immediately GURU's with: 00000003.002398D8 What does it mean. Secondly >This same program with slight modification runs fine on a PC using >Turbo Pascal what could be the problem using PCQ. Well for one PCQ does not support strings in the samne fashion that` Turbo Pascal does. The proper way to do this, would be to include the strings.i include file and then allocate string space for each string you wanted to use. This is much like C. PCQ is not the best Pascal to use but it will interface with the operating system nicely, (with a little work.) You might want to read through the includes to get an idea of how to allocate strings correctly, and then free the memory when you are done. To find out what the alert number means: 00000003.002398D8 the first 8 characters are an alert number describing what went wrong, I would look this up for you but I am at the school and would have to go home to get my Kernel Manuals, sorry. The second 8 numbers is the address at which the error occured. I think this is a corrupt memory location error but I could be and probably am mistaken. To really under- stand all this go out and buy the Addison-Weseley ROM Kernel Manuals (especially Includes and AutoDocs) and they will help you when you find a problem like this. ALSO, you might want to contact the author of PCQ for info. Enjoy programming the AMIGA, believe me it can be interesting ;-) -- Robert Faulkner conan@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu /// Recursion: Thinking \\\/// University of Texas about \\// Amiga Computers Thinking
mpierce@ewu.UUCP (Mathew W. Pierce) (12/15/90)
In article <115091@philabs.Philips.Com>, ms1@philabs.philips.com (Mitch Stein) writes: > > Help, > > I,m using a public domain pascal compiler and while attempting > to write my first program using arrays and strings although the source > code compiles without errors when I try to run the program the system > immediately GURU's with: 00000003.002398D8 What does it mean. Secondly > This same program with slight modification runs fine on a PC using > Turbo Pascal what could be the problem using PCQ. > > MITCH I too have used PCQ very much and have encountered a few gurus. The guru that you are experiencing, #00000003, is a trap code for an uneven addressing error. The second number (002398D8) is that address of the error solving task, according to my "Amiga C for Advanced Programers" manual, the only address I know of to solve the error is the address of my left mouse button :^) I used PCQ for everyproject in my data structures class, so I know that it works, I think that the compiler is a littel loose on some checking, so it'll let things slide and guru at runtime. If you can't solve the problem, I would like to help, I'm no expert, but I am familiar with the package. So email me some code if you like and I'll see if I can figure it out with you. -Mathew Pierce
lkoop@pnet01.cts.com (Lamonte Koop) (12/15/90)
ms1@philabs.philips.com (Mitch Stein) writes: > > Help, > > I,m using a public domain pascal compiler and while attempting >to write my first program using arrays and strings although the source >code compiles without errors when I try to run the program the system >immediately GURU's with: 00000003.002398D8 What does it mean. Secondly >This same program with slight modification runs fine on a PC using >Turbo Pascal what could be the problem using PCQ. > > MITCH The guru number you are getting is indicative of a general purpose 680x0 address error. This is what the 3 before the decimal point refers to. The numbering after the decimal place is the address of the problematic task. Without a debugger, it is hard to know exactly why the program is causing this, as there can be many sources of such an error. Unfortunately, the fact that you are using a PD compiler only means it could also be a problem rooted there. Note that even if the program compiles fine on the PC that it will not necessarily mean that it is in suitable form for use in the context of an Amiga. However, since you noted that it is basically an array and string manipulation program, this may not in fact be the problem. If you are bent on using something such as Pascal, I suggest you look into one of the Modula-2 compilers available for the Amiga. Benchmark Modula-2 is fairly good, and bug free (I use it myself for projects which don't call for C). In this way, you can be relatively sure it's not a buggy compiler, and going from Pascal to Modula-2 is not terribly difficult. LaMonte Koop Internet: lkoop@pnet01.cts.com ARPA: crash!pnet01!lkoop@nosc.mil UUCP: {hplabs!hp-sdd ucsd nosc}!crash!pnet01!lkoop A scientist is one who finds interest in the kinetic energy of Jell-O moving at ridiculous velocities...an engineer is one who can find a real-life application for such silliness.