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Uniwares
Tomato Guru
Portugal
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 Posted - May 21 2004 : 1:30:58 PM
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When I create a new project with a new workspace, when I have a workspace loaded, VAX does not "forget" the previously loaded project.
In the new project I still see all files and all symbols from the previous loaded workspace when I open FiW or SiW. Also, when I type a symbol name which existed in the previous workspace, VAX will show the old definition and Alt+G brings me to the old file.
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LarryLeonard
Tomato Guru
USA
1041 Posts |
Posted - May 21 2004 : 1:55:44 PM
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http://forum.wholetomato.com/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=1068
Yeah, and the HCB also shows stale data. All this stale data floating around is worse than it would appear, because it totally breaks the mental model I (and probably most others) have of how VAX interrelates with Workspaces, Projects, Solutions. My mental model is important, because it's the source of how comfortable I am with the product (and so, how likely I am to reach for my wallet). If I use the thing for a while, and it behaves in ways that I can't predict (because it doesn't adhere to any internally consistent model), then I'm not sure I understand the product. Depending on my mood and level experience, I may decide the program is 'weird', 'flaky', 'buggy', 'rough', etc., when really, it's doing exactly what the developers intended - just not in a way that I can comprehend.
This one really needs to be addressed...
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Uniwares
Tomato Guru
Portugal
2321 Posts |
Posted - May 21 2004 : 1:59:27 PM
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| Wow, its that old? Its about time to fix that. Cant be too hard to flush the DB in memory. |
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LarryLeonard
Tomato Guru
USA
1041 Posts |
Posted - May 21 2004 : 2:18:11 PM
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Originally posted by Uniwares
Can't be too hard to flush the DB in memory.
No, I think it's worse than that... I have a feeling (but I can't remember why, exactly), that they view this as a feature, not a bug... Hopefully, I'm 'mis-remembering' that...
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Stephen
Tomato Guru
United Kingdom
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Posted - May 21 2004 : 2:44:25 PM
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| ISTR something about the MRU staying populated being a feature. I don't like that, either. Everything should disappear when the workspace is closed. |
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Uniwares
Tomato Guru
Portugal
2321 Posts |
Posted - May 21 2004 : 3:18:51 PM
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| MRU? ALL remains populated and that is definitely not a feature. It's like your compiler issuing a warning that in line 724, you had an error, two file versions ago. |
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LarryLeonard
Tomato Guru
USA
1041 Posts |
Posted - May 21 2004 : 3:34:08 PM
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It's more like if the "Bold" toolbar icon in Microsoft Word stayed enabled even when you closed all the documents. It makes your brain think it must not understand something: "I thought 'Bold' only applied to the text in documents, but since it's still enabled, it must apply to something else, I guess... etc., etc., ... "
A lot of this happens on a subconscious level, which is the hardest level to write code for, unfortunately... 
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support
Whole Tomato Software
5566 Posts |
Posted - May 22 2004 : 02:13:14 AM
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We agree with all points made.
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support
Whole Tomato Software
5566 Posts |
Posted - May 24 2004 : 12:20:34 PM
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| Fixed in 1239. |
Whole Tomato Software, Inc. |
Edited by - support on Jun 03 2004 2:31:01 PM |
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