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May 10, 2008
Tower Ty
May 10, 2008
Tower Ty
May 10, 2008
Nick Sabalausky
May 10, 2008
Ty Tower
May 10, 2008
Mike
May 10, 2008
Nick Sabalausky
May 11, 2008
Mike
May 11, 2008
Tower Ty
May 12, 2008
Mike
May 12, 2008
Ty Tower
May 11, 2008
Robert Fraser
May 12, 2008
Frits van Bommel
May 12, 2008
Mike
May 12, 2008
Frits van Bommel
May 12, 2008
Mike
May 12, 2008
Frits van Bommel
May 12, 2008
Robert Fraser
May 10, 2008
Ary Borenszweig
May 10, 2008
janderson
May 11, 2008
janderson
May 12, 2008
Simen Kjaeraas
May 10, 2008
Fawzi Mohamed
May 10, 2008
Jason House
May 11, 2008
Ty Tower
May 10, 2008
tango.core.Exception.IllegalArgumentException: Argument not valid

This message from the compiler is just bloody useless Where do you go in a 200 line program?

All I can see is go to each line that might be a cause and comment it out ,try to compile it again and if no good do the next one .

Some lines just can't be done anyway .

How hard could it be for you experts to add some detail to the error huh ??
May 10, 2008
"Tower Ty" <tytower@hotmail.com.au> wrote in message news:g02qih$16tn$1@digitalmars.com...
> tango.core.Exception.IllegalArgumentException: Argument not valid
>
> This message from the compiler is just bloody useless
> Where do you go in a 200 line program?
>
> All I can see is go to each line that might be a cause and comment it out ,try to compile it again and if no good do the next one .
>
> Some lines just can't be done anyway .
>
> How hard could it be for you experts to add some detail to the error huh ??

Is this a *compiler* error?  Are you *sure*?

Do you get the error when you compile the program or when you run it?


May 10, 2008
Jarrett Billingsley Wrote:

> "Tower Ty" <tytower@hotmail.com.au> wrote in message news:g02qih$16tn$1@digitalmars.com...
> > tango.core.Exception.IllegalArgumentException: Argument not valid
> >
> > This message from the compiler is just bloody useless
> > Where do you go in a 200 line program?
> >
> > All I can see is go to each line that might be a cause and comment it out ,try to compile it again and if no good do the next one .
> >
> > Some lines just can't be done anyway .
> >
> > How hard could it be for you experts to add some detail to the error huh ??
> 
> Is this a *compiler* error?  Are you *sure*?
> 
> Do you get the error when you compile the program or when you run it?
> 
> 
No of course it is a run time error and I'm still looking for it , Jarrett sorry
May 10, 2008
"Tower Ty" <towerty@msn.com.au> wrote in message news:g038l7$230k$1@digitalmars.com...
> Jarrett Billingsley Wrote:
>
>> "Tower Ty" <tytower@hotmail.com.au> wrote in message news:g02qih$16tn$1@digitalmars.com...
>> > tango.core.Exception.IllegalArgumentException: Argument not valid
>> >
>> > This message from the compiler is just bloody useless
>> > Where do you go in a 200 line program?
>> >
>> > All I can see is go to each line that might be a cause and comment it
>> > out
>> > ,try to compile it again and if no good do the next one .
>> >
>> > Some lines just can't be done anyway .
>> >
>> > How hard could it be for you experts to add some detail to the error
>> > huh
>> > ??
>>
>> Is this a *compiler* error?  Are you *sure*?
>>
>> Do you get the error when you compile the program or when you run it?
>>
>>
> No of course it is a run time error and I'm still looking for it , Jarrett sorry

Yea, that's kind of a problem with getting uncaught exceptions in the abscence of the stack traces that reflection allows. Be glad it's such a small program.

What I recommend doing is either step through it in a debugger (if you have one set up), or use debugging output statements.

If you're not familiar with the trick of debugging output statements, it's like this: Start with main() and sprinkle normal output statements through it. For instance, if your main() is like this:

void main()
{
   someFunc();
   if(something)
       doSomething();
   anotherFunc();
   yetAnotherFunc();
}

Then do this:

void main()
{
Stdout("1").newline;
   someFunc();
Stdout("2").newline;
   if(something)
   {
Stdout("3").newline;
       doSomething();
Stdout("4").newline;
   }
Stdout("5").newline;
   anotherFunc();
Stdout("6").newline;
   yetAnotherFunc();
Stdout("7").newline;
}

Obviously, copy/paste helps there ;) Run that and you'll get something like:

1
2
5
tango.core.Exception.IllegalArgumentException: Argument not valid

In this case, we know the if() ended up false and "doSomething()" was skipped, and we also know the exception was thrown somewhere in "anotherFunc()". So rip those "Stdout's" out of there, and do the same thing in "anotherFunc()". Keep drilling down like that until you find the problem.

I do that all the time in my own code (because so far I've been too lazy to actually get a debugger set up with D :) ).


May 10, 2008
Nick Sabalausky Wrote:

> "Tower Ty" <towerty@msn.com.au> wrote in message news:g038l7$230k$1@digitalmars.com...
> > Jarrett Billingsley Wrote:
> >
> >> "Tower Ty" <tytower@hotmail.com.au> wrote in message news:g02qih$16tn$1@digitalmars.com...
> >> > tango.core.Exception.IllegalArgumentException: Argument not valid
> >> >
> >> > This message from the compiler is just bloody useless
> >> > Where do you go in a 200 line program?
> >> >
> >> > All I can see is go to each line that might be a cause and comment it
> >> > out
> >> > ,try to compile it again and if no good do the next one .
> >> >
> >> > Some lines just can't be done anyway .
> >> >
> >> > How hard could it be for you experts to add some detail to the error
> >> > huh
> >> > ??
> >>
> >> Is this a *compiler* error?  Are you *sure*?
> >>
> >> Do you get the error when you compile the program or when you run it?
> >>
> >>
> > No of course it is a run time error and I'm still looking for it , Jarrett sorry
> 
> Yea, that's kind of a problem with getting uncaught exceptions in the abscence of the stack traces that reflection allows. Be glad it's such a small program.
> 
> What I recommend doing is either step through it in a debugger (if you have one set up), or use debugging output statements.
> 
> If you're not familiar with the trick of debugging output statements, it's like this: Start with main() and sprinkle normal output statements through it. For instance, if your main() is like this:
> 
> void main()
> {
>    someFunc();
>    if(something)
>        doSomething();
>    anotherFunc();
>    yetAnotherFunc();
> }
> 
> Then do this:
> 
> void main()
> {
> Stdout("1").newline;
>    someFunc();
> Stdout("2").newline;
>    if(something)
>    {
> Stdout("3").newline;
>        doSomething();
> Stdout("4").newline;
>    }
> Stdout("5").newline;
>    anotherFunc();
> Stdout("6").newline;
>    yetAnotherFunc();
> Stdout("7").newline;
> }
> 
> Obviously, copy/paste helps there ;) Run that and you'll get something like:
> 
> 1
> 2
> 5
> tango.core.Exception.IllegalArgumentException: Argument not valid
> 
> In this case, we know the if() ended up false and "doSomething()" was skipped, and we also know the exception was thrown somewhere in "anotherFunc()". So rip those "Stdout's" out of there, and do the same thing in "anotherFunc()". Keep drilling down like that until you find the problem.
> 
> I do that all the time in my own code (because so far I've been too lazy to actually get a debugger set up with D :) ).
> 
> 
Thanks
May 10, 2008
On Sat, 10 May 2008 08:12:25 +0200, Nick Sabalausky <a@a.a> wrote:

> Then do this:
>
> void main()
> {
> Stdout("1").newline;
>    someFunc();
> Stdout("2").newline;
>    if(something)
>    {
> Stdout("3").newline;
>        doSomething();
> Stdout("4").newline;
>    }
> Stdout("5").newline;
>    anotherFunc();
> Stdout("6").newline;
>    yetAnotherFunc();
> Stdout("7").newline;
> }

Oh ... how many time have I wished there was an IDE command to do that :)
I do this all the time and I've always wondered if other people do that too ... I call it "laying traps" and I found usually it's best to first put not too many Stdouts in there, e.g. one every 4-5 statements if you're not really sure where the error happens. Then you can go in and put some "3a" "3b" and so on to find the exact statement that causes the problem.

That's, btw, a good reason to put single-line-if/elses into {}s instead of writing them on the same line. Easier to put Stdouts in if you need them.

-Mike

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May 10, 2008
"Mike" <vertex@gmx.at> wrote in message news:op.uaxjm1sjkgfkbn@lucia...
> On Sat, 10 May 2008 08:12:25 +0200, Nick Sabalausky <a@a.a> wrote:
>
>> Then do this:
>>
>> void main()
>> {
>> Stdout("1").newline;
>>    someFunc();
>> Stdout("2").newline;
>>    if(something)
>>    {
>> Stdout("3").newline;
>>        doSomething();
>> Stdout("4").newline;
>>    }
>> Stdout("5").newline;
>>    anotherFunc();
>> Stdout("6").newline;
>>    yetAnotherFunc();
>> Stdout("7").newline;
>> }
>
> Oh ... how many time have I wished there was an IDE command to do that :)

You've just made me feel incredibly stupid. That particular "Why in the world did that never occur to me?" kind of stupid. My forehead still hurts from the smack. ;)

I'll have to attempt that next time I use an IDE that has programmable macros (Visual Studio). Hmm, I wonder if C::B has macros...

> I do this all the time and I've always wondered if other people do that too ... I call it "laying traps" and I found usually it's best to first put not too many Stdouts in there, e.g. one every 4-5 statements if you're not really sure where the error happens. Then you can go in and put some "3a" "3b" and so on to find the exact statement that causes the problem.

Heh, yup. Same thing here. I always think of it like playing that old "HiLo" number-guessing game that used to be a staple of learning a new language.

>
> That's, btw, a good reason to put single-line-if/elses into {}s instead of writing them on the same line. Easier to put Stdouts in if you need them.

I find that turning a single-statement if into a {} block when needed is trivial enough of a change (almost second-nature) to justify keeping single-statement if's in a nice compact {}-less form (unless the clause or single-statement is long enough to be broken into multiple lines for readability). But I'm really compulsive when it comes to code formatting anyway (everything's gotta be "just so" or I can't focus, kinda like that TV detective Monk, albiet far less severe ;) ).


May 10, 2008
Tower  Ty wrote:

> tango.core.Exception.IllegalArgumentException: Argument not valid
> 
> This message from the compiler is just bloody useless
> Where do you go in a 200 line program?
> 
> All I can see is go to each line that might be a cause and comment it out ,try to compile it again and if no good do the next one .
> 
> Some lines just can't be done anyway .
> 
> How hard could it be for you experts to add some detail to the error huh ??

Do a try catch at global scope and use the member variables of the exception to print out extra detail.  Tango exceptions include file and line number as member data.  Maybe someone should submit a ticket for them to add that info to the default toString method.
May 10, 2008
On 2008-05-10 06:34:47 +0200, Tower  Ty <towerty@msn.com.au> said:

> Jarrett Billingsley Wrote:
> 
>> "Tower Ty" <tytower@hotmail.com.au> wrote in message
>> news:g02qih$16tn$1@digitalmars.com...
>>> tango.core.Exception.IllegalArgumentException: Argument not valid
>>> 
>>> This message from the compiler is just bloody useless
>>> Where do you go in a 200 line program?
>>> 
>>> All I can see is go to each line that might be a cause and comment it out
>>> ,try to compile it again and if no good do the next one .
>>> 
>>> Some lines just can't be done anyway .
>>> 
>>> How hard could it be for you experts to add some detail to the error huh
>>> ??
>> 
>> Is this a *compiler* error?  Are you *sure*?
>> 
>> Do you get the error when you compile the program or when you run it?
>> 
>> 
> No of course it is a run time error and I'm still looking for it , Jarrett sorry

I recently had to look for a similar error.
I think the easiest thing is to compile everything with -g and use a debugger.

Then put a breackpoint when the exception is created (or in the handler to create the stack trace: traceContext in tango):
	genobj.d:916 (gdc)
	genobj.d:910 (dmd)

please not that there is an open bug wrt. this with out of bounds exceptions on macintosh and Linux with gdc the stack can get garbled
	http://www.dsource.org/projects/tango/ticket/1094

Fawzi

May 10, 2008
Nick Sabalausky escribió:
> "Tower Ty" <towerty@msn.com.au> wrote in message news:g038l7$230k$1@digitalmars.com...
>> Jarrett Billingsley Wrote:
>>
>>> "Tower Ty" <tytower@hotmail.com.au> wrote in message
>>> news:g02qih$16tn$1@digitalmars.com...
>>>> tango.core.Exception.IllegalArgumentException: Argument not valid
>>>>
>>>> This message from the compiler is just bloody useless
>>>> Where do you go in a 200 line program?
>>>>
>>>> All I can see is go to each line that might be a cause and comment it out
>>>> ,try to compile it again and if no good do the next one .
>>>>
>>>> Some lines just can't be done anyway .
>>>>
>>>> How hard could it be for you experts to add some detail to the error huh
>>>> ??
>>> Is this a *compiler* error?  Are you *sure*?
>>>
>>> Do you get the error when you compile the program or when you run it?
>>>
>>>
>> No of course it is a run time error and I'm still looking for it , Jarrett sorry
> 
> Yea, that's kind of a problem with getting uncaught exceptions in the abscence of the stack traces that reflection allows. Be glad it's such a small program.
> 
> What I recommend doing is either step through it in a debugger

I forgot to tell in the release, but Descent now stops execution at the point where an uncaught exception is thrown when debugging with ddbg.
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