From: Jens Ivar Jordre (jensivar.jordre@fi.uib.no)
Date: Wed Apr 30 2003 - 15:15:34 EDT
Howdy(!!) Flemming Videbaek wrote: > I guess I cannot bring my self to use the term 'howdy y'all' - on ther > other hands my scripts aren't called foobar > since I happen to know what it stands for and have higher standards. Referring www.jargon.org [1] I don't find anything wrong about it, but maybe they don't include all meanings of the word. On the contrary I think it is a great name to use. It is like a potato. It can be used with _anything_. :) But I sort of agree to skip the "y'all". That "suffix" should be reserved for mails originating from tamu.edu. :) > Anyhow, > problems solved in a few steps. > a) take Jens Ivar clue that it goes wrong in GFVOLU > b) turn bedug on "vector/input debug 0 0 0 0 1 > c) notice the npar ishape is retured as 0 . BAD. > d) check what geant think > cont/print volu 173 > Gives back npar ==35 ! > e) AHA -> param is defined as param(15) - oh yack > d) change to 35 - should really have changed cdat format too, but no-one > (I hope) uses the volu params saved. > f) recompile, link and run again- test ok > g) DECLARE VICTORY > h) check-in as brat-2-1-4 > > PS. The pro was caught by the fact the internal param in geant is NOT > the same as those > used when defining volumes - a fact that was exposed since the rich as > active TRAP volumes; > demonstrating the old fact the even well running programs has bugs that > may eat you or at least > sting you one day. A brief test seems to confirm your victory statement. Thanks a lot. Best wishes from Jens Ivar JI [1] http://www.catb.org/~esr/jargon/html/entry/foobar.html -- _____________________________________________________ ________| Jens Ivar Jřrdre |_______ \ | Dept. of Physics Office: 521 | / \ | Allégt 55 Phone: +47 55 58 27 92 | / \ | 5007 Bergen Fax: +47 55 58 94 40 | / / | Norway E-mail: jensivar.jordre@fi.uib.no | \ / |_____________________________________________________| \ /__________) (_________\
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