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Now totally fixed in SP3......which should have been titled "TS3000i"....
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Bengtsson, Mats [mailto:mats.bengtsson@xxxxxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: Tuesday, January 04, 2000 3:22 PM
> To: Gregory Wood; omega-list@xxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: RE: TS2000 Bug Report - EL - Error with NumericRef
>
>
> 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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