Compiler "clean method" needed?

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Compiler "clean method" needed?

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Started 5 years ago by leaflabsandy
Latest reply from poslathian

leaflabsandy
Member

I am not a professional computer programmer but I will try to explain what
is happening when compiling multiple libraries on the Maple.

Platform: Windows/XP/SP3
IDE: 0.0.7

I just installed a new library in the "libraries" subfolder in the MapleIDE.
Needless to say, I had multiple errors which needed to be fixed with this
library. I switched to another sketch, which did not reference the "error prone"
library I was previously using, and upon compiling my new sketch the "same errors"
showed up from my previous library compiling. The compiler would not reset and
changing/renaming the sketch pde was no help. The compiler was still pointing
to the previous library! What I did to fool the compiler was to remove the "error prone"
library completely from the MapleIDE libraries folder. Any thoughts?

Note: This problem has occurred many times before eg 0.0.5/0.0.6

Posted 5 years ago #
poslathian
LeafLabs

Hmm...I am pretty sure the IDE will dump all the intermediate compiling steps (.o's and such) into a temp directory after EACH compile (which is why if you hit compile twice it compiles twice, rather than just skip the second one).

I will try and reproduce this. Its possible that the library include setting, which is being written into the java preferences struct and then to a file, is applying settings from one window to the other...which is not good! What if we wanted to different IDE's to be targeting different boards or serial ports. This might be a one off issue for the way library preferences are stored and recovered.

Posted 5 years ago #
leaflabsandy
Member

Upon IDE execution and compile does the compiler expect every (ALL) library(ies) to be "error free" when installed into the MapleIDE libraries folder?

Does the compiler only compile the library when referenced by the sketch or does the compiler compile all libraries when referenced by the sketch or not? <--- 3 questions?

Posted 5 years ago #
StephenFromNYC
Moderator

Hello,

leaflabsandy, I assume you tried to exit from the IDE and that restarting the IDE does not solve your problem.

I do not know if your problem is related to:

When can temporary Maple files be deleted?

The temporary folder problem described was not solved in Maple IDE 0.0.7. It is not a significant problem, just an inconvenience. On my system (Windows XP Pro SP3) I have "hidden" folders set to visible. Once a week or so I go in and delete all the old folders.

Thanks!

Stephen from NYC

Posted 5 years ago #
leaflabsandy
Member

Quote: "leaflabsandy, I assume you tried to exit from the IDE and that restarting the IDE does not solve your problem."

Reply: Yes ... and I have my Task manager handy for "hang ups" which so far hasn't showed up yet in 0.0.7.

Quote: "The temporary folder problem described was not solved in Maple IDE 0.0.7"

Reply: That is why I said Compiler "clean method" as a topic. I think Leaflabs should
do a little more "housecleaning"

BTW ... I use free "Advanced SystemCare" / Maintain windows / Junk files/ to clean and purge the Maple's temp files.

Posted 5 years ago #
leaflabsandy
Member

BTW ... I like to mention that this problem was indicated in another topic:

http://forums.leaflabs.com/topic.php?id=89

"On several occasions, an error in a sketch forced the IDE in "lockup mode" in which by clearing the error, the IDE would not compile again. Only after the IDE was restarted did the sketch compile properly."

Posted 5 years ago #
leaflabsandy
Member

bump

Posted 5 years ago #
poslathian
LeafLabs

hmm. There could be a bug whereby temp dirs arnt getting nixed during certainly failures. However, a new build generates a new temp directory based on date and time, not sequence - so while you might experience a build up of temp directories, Im surprised the actual build is failing.

Libraries are only built when you use them and they are built every time. Including a broken library will cause your build to fail.

In general, a Make-based build system is coming in 0.1.0, which will hopefully clear a lot of this up. Can you provide some code/details and Ill try and reproduce this?

Another known bug is if you save during a build, it breaks the build. I do this all the time by habit, hit build and then do a quick ctrl-s.

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