Re: Finding Error in Applet.
Lew wrote:
Patricia Shanahan wrote:
Lew wrote:
Sanny wrote:
There is nothing wrong with the code as When the program runs It hangs
one 1/10 times. Other 10 times it performs and give results as
expected. But sometimes for same input it hangs. But when I restart
the Applet it works 9/10 time.
Clearly there is something wrong with the code.
More specifically, the code probably contains a bug in the interactions
between threads that depends on two or more events in the code happening
in particular time relationships to each other. In addition to any
suggestions for live debug after the problem has happened, I would
recommend a design review of the synchronization between threads.
With which we could help, Sanny, if you would
** provide a simple, self-contained, compilable example (SSCCE)! **
That may be difficult to do in this situation. This type of behavior
tends to be an emergent property of the whole program. Removing
something can make the problem appear to go away, by changing timings,
without fixing it.
In any case, I would rather help Sanny learn how to debug this sort of
problem.
Patricia
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