#490 Status Window shows negative number of calls

[DanielAjoy]

I'm using v6.35 wxWidgets.
I have a process running for a long time (couple of hours in an intel i5).

The Status shows negative numbers. (image attached)

Was expecting positive numbers.

[David Costanzo]

Based on the number, about -2billion, I suppose this is because the counter is a 32-bit integer and you made so many calls that it wrapped around. Even on my old laptop, I can get about 10,000,000 calls in 10 seconds if I run something as simple as "FOREVER [ IGNORE 1 ]" with the status window closed. At this rate, it would only take about 35 minutes to wrap around.

The fix is easy, I should use a 64-bit number to count the calls. With a number space that large, even Solitario George wouldn't have been able to wait long enough for it to wrap around.

[David Costanzo]

I have fixed this in [r4354], which will be included in FMSLogo 7.1.0.

I was able to reproduce this the OWL version of 6.35.0 (see screenshot), which suggests that it this was not a regression introduced by the wxWidgets port. I expect that it existed in MSWLogo, but that computers weren't fast enough for Logo to make over 2 billion calls until recently.