Debugging a compiled script...

[Oldschool]

Alright, so I got a script that I debuged and tested prior to compilation, and it ran just fine for hours.

Now I went and compiled the thing with obfuscation, and now about 1 hour into it it crashes due to stack overflow.

What shoud my game plan be when trying to rid of this error. How do I find out what is causing besides making small mods and recompiling and running a million times over??

[Fossil Rock]

Alright, so I got a script that I debuged and tested prior to compilation, and it ran just fine for hours.

Now I went and compiled the thing with obfuscation, and now about 1 hour into it it crashes due to stack overflow.

What shoud my game plan be when trying to rid of this error. How do I find out what is causing besides making small mods and recompiling and running a million times over??

The first thing I would do is compile without obfuscation and see if you get the same problem.

[Oldschool]

The thing that bugs is this:

My script does the same thing every minute...

How/why could it crash from stack overflow an hour + into it??

Theoretically??

[Jos]

The thing that bugs is this:

My script does the same thing every minute...

How/why could it crash from stack overflow an hour + into it??

Theoretically??

is this an recursion issue? What is the exact error message you get ?

[Oldschool]

Error --> Recursion level exceeded -->Autoit exited to prevent stack overflow

Edited November 21, 2007 by Oldschool

[Jos]

Error --> Recusion level exceeded -->Autoit exited to prevent stack overflow

that means your script has an logic error and functions are calling eachother without them ever returning ..

You need to show your script to be able to help you but the basic issue is this:

; This code will cause a recursion error 
UDF1()

Func UDF1()
    Sleep(10)
; Do things
    UDF2()
; Do other things
EndFunc

Func UDF2()
; Do things
    UDF1()
EndFunc

Which should be:

Func UDF1()
    Sleep(10)
; Do things
    UDF2()
; Do other things
EndFunc

Func UDF2()
; Do things
    Return
EndFunc

Edited November 21, 2007 by Jos

[Oldschool]

that means your script has an logic error and functions are calling eachother without them ever returning ..

You need to show your script to be able to help you but the basic issue is this:

It's 30 pages long )

I thought that might be the problem. I'll be able to fix it now...

Thanks Jos

Edited November 21, 2007 by Oldschool

[Oldschool]

Hey what about this syntax

UDF1()
Func UDF1()
While $var < 10
; do some stuff
      UDF2()
WEnd
         While $var1 < 20
        ; do some stuff
            UDF3()
          WEnd
While $var2 > 5
; do some stuff
      UDF4()
WEnd

UDF1()
EndFunc

Edited November 21, 2007 by Oldschool

[Jos]

Now do me a favor and reread your last post but now assuming you do not know anything about what it is this person is asking or wanting to accomplish...

I guess you will agree that it doesn't make much sense ...

EDIT: ahh i see you editied it already:

Rule 1: you never have a func Always call itself ... this will always leads to a recursion level error.

There has to be a condition that will return to the previous called level.

Edited November 21, 2007 by Jos

[Oldschool]

There has to be a condition that will return to the previous called level.

May I have a quick example please...

[Oldschool]

In other words a better way to write this would be:

UDF1()

Func UDF1()
While 1

   While $var < 10
; do some stuff
       UDF2()
   WEnd
         While $var1 < 20
      ; do some stuff
            UDF3()
          WEnd
   While $var2 > 5
  ; do some stuff
      UDF4()
   WEnd

Wend
EndFunc

And then of course have the UDF2() - UDF4() Return

I can just use a blank Return? or it has to return a value?

Edited November 21, 2007 by Oldschool

[Jos]

yes.. this will work fine ... (here is a version ran through tidy.exe

UDF1()

Func UDF1()
    While 1
        While $var < 10
    ; do some stuff
            UDF2()
        WEnd
        While $var1 < 20
    ; do some stuff
            UDF3()
        WEnd
        While $var2 > 5
    ; do some stuff
            UDF4()
        WEnd
    WEnd
EndFunc ;==>UDF1

its the same as doing it this way :

Global $var, $var1, $var2
While 1
    While $var < 10
; do some stuff
        UDF1()
    WEnd
    While $var1 < 20
; do some stuff
        UDF2()
    WEnd
    While $var2 > 5
; do some stuff
        UDF3()
    WEnd
WEnd

Func UDF1()
; do stuff
EndFunc ;==>UDF1
Func UDF2()
; do stuff
EndFunc ;==>UDF2
Func UDF3()
; do stuff
EndFunc ;==>UDF3

Edited November 21, 2007 by Jos

[Oldschool]

Many thanks!