[Therion] statistics <explo/topo/carto/copyright> number untrapped error

[Stacho Mudrak]

Thanks a lot Bruce, untrapped error should never occur. I will try to
investigate your findings with greater numbers then surveyors and let you
know.

S.

On Mon, Dec 21, 2020, 08:38 Bruce Mutton <bruce at tomo.co.nz> wrote:

> Stacho
>
> Sorry for the delay.  Looks like version 5.5.4 and 647dcea both manifest
> the same problem at my end.
>
> It occurs for both plan and extended elevation pdf outputs.
>
>
>
> For these ‘failures’ I have the number set to 10, and in some cases the
> number of explorers, surveyors or cartographers is less than 10.
>
> Trial and error with some variations suggests that the syntax ‘statistics
> explo|topo|carto|copyright <number>’ will always fail if <number> is
> greater than the actual number of any one of those properties.  The failure
> appears to be untrapped and stops processing unceremoniously.
>
>
>
> I think that if there are only 3 surveyors, but <number> is >= 3, then
> there should not be any error condition, and the output should be produced
> listing the 3 properties.  So it seems like a bug to me.
>
>
>
> Bruce
>
>
>
> *From:* Therion <therion-bounces at speleo.sk> *On Behalf Of *Stacho Mudrak
> *Sent:* Sunday, 13 December 2020 21:15
> *To:* List for Therion users <therion at speleo.sk>
> *Subject:* Re: [Therion] statistics <explo/topo/carto/copyright> number
> untrapped error
>
>
>
> Thanks Bruce for this feedback. In the latest snapshot, I have tried to
> fix this error by refactoring the whole problematic code. Could you please
> try, whether it still fails?
>
>
>
> S.
>
>
>
> On Sun, 29 Nov 2020 at 06:14, Bruce Mutton <bruce at tomo.co.nz> wrote:
>
> Stacho
>
> Further to the untrapped error I mentioned last week…
>
>
>
> Looks like it is counting scraps correctly.  The following statements…
>
>   statistics carto all
>
>   statistics carto-count hide (or on or off)
>
> … work perfectly.
>
>
>
> One thing that does seem to be a problem however.  The syntax…
>
> statistics <explo/topo/carto/copyright> number
>
> … is giving me problems.  They all seem to result in what seems to be an
> untrapped error, and truncating the therion.log file in random locations.
>
> For example this is what I have been trying…
>
>   statistics topo 10
>
>   statistics topo-length hide
>
> I checked with the previous recent version, 552f923 and after removing all
> the carto-count statements, I get the same behaviour, an untrapped
> error.  So I think the carto-count is working perfectly and I have just
> unearthed a different problem.
>
>
>
>
>
> Having left the problem for a few days (and rebooting a number of times) I
> thought I’d try my ‘top 10’ statistics layout (as in the attached
> LayoutStatisticsReporting.thc file).
>
> I ran my thconfig a number of times.  For a given input, the point at
> which the log file truncates seems to be consistent.
>
>
>
> The file log5 is what I get with a successful compile with all of the
> statistics.
>
> The file log1 is what statistics <whatever> 10 gives me.
>
> Thinking that the scraps reported near either side of the log file
> truncation might be associated, I commented them out of the map.
>
> The file log04 shows what happens then – the truncation just occurs a few
> more characters along the file.
>
>
>
> Bruce
>
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