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I reported that bug for TS100 SP2. It should be corrected in SP3. Which SP
are you running?
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Gregory Wood [mailto:swissfranc@xxxxxxxx]
> Sent: Tuesday, January 04, 2000 7:56 PM
> To: techsupport@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; omega-list@xxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: TS2000 Bug Report - EL - Error with NumericRef
>
>
> There are times when values passed by reference to functions do not
> contain the correct results. Here is a simple case to
> demonstrate this.
>
> Background. For several months I had been using a function to
> calculate
> several numbers I use frequently. Then suddently, some indicators
> displayed correctly, while others did not. So I stopped using the
> function, and stopped using NumericRef completely for new projects.
> Since old indicators were ok, I didn't change them.
>
> Today I altered an indicator that used a function that used
> NumericRef,
> and my price bands suddenly displayed as flat lines! Checking the new
> code, I discovered that NumericRef works fine, so long as you don't
> refer to an old value of the variable. (Even though the code compiles
> fine, I thought there might be a NumericSeriesRef keyword. But I can't
> find one, and there's no need for one.)
>
> I created a minimal case for your inspection (attached). Note that if
> you comment out the code that refers to the previous value of the
> variable, the indicator displays correctly. Further note that
> the error
> occurs even when the code is not executed. And it doesn't
> matter if the
> function storage is set to "simple" or "series".
>
> Regards,
>
> /Greg
>
> {
> BUG REPORT: Keywords: TS2000, NumericRef
>
> This demonstrates an error with passing values by reference.
>
> The 'testbug' function is called twice with the same parameters,
> expecting the same result for each.
>
> The results are plotted. If the values are identical, the color
> of the second plot (cyan) will show. If they are different, the
> color of the first plot (red) will also show.
> }
>
> {---------------------------------------------------------}
> { Indicator: TestBug }
>
> var: upper1(0);
> var: upper2(0);
>
> value1 = testbug(h, upper1);
> value2 = testbug(h, upper2);
>
> { indicator displays correctly if the following section is
> commented out }
> {}
> if false then
> value1 = upper1[1];
> {}
>
> plot1(upper1,"",red,default,1);
> plot2(upper2,"",cyan,default,1);
>
> {---------------------------------------------------------}
> { FUNCTION - TestBug }
> input: price(numericseries), upper(numericref);
>
> upper = price + 1;
> testbug = price;
>
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