[Ktechlab-devel] Relatively simple task for contributors: making microbe not stay in infinite loop

[Zoltan Padrah]

Created bug report in bugtracker, for possibly larger visibility:

https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=374765


2016-12-15 20:00 GMT+02:00 Alan Grimes <ALONZOTG at verizon.net>:
> Good job posting this! I didn't really get into flowcode myself, I hope
> I didn't break anything. =O but anyway, good luck to whomever takes this
> up.
>
>
> Zoltan Padrah wrote:
>>  Hi,
>>
>> based on my current testing, microbe (the program that generates
>> assembly code from flowcode) remains stuck in an infinite loop for
>> some flowcharts.
>> Because microbe is quite self-contained, fixing it should be a good
>> task for new contributors.
>>
>> Based on my initial investigation, the optimizer inside microbe gets
>> stuck: it has a loop, in which it tries to further optimized the
>> code/program as long as it changes something. However, it never
>> reaches a "final" state of the code/program, and it always finds
>> something to change, thus remains stuck in an infinite loop. I have
>> not investigated the issue further.
>>
>> If anybody feels like looking into this, please write to the list.
>>
>> Have fun,
>>
>>  Zoltan
>
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