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From: Nicholas N. <nj...@ca...> - 2003-08-19 07:38:42
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On Mon, 18 Aug 2003, Steve G wrote: > I think this thread has strayed way beyond Jeremy's > original post. He was asking if it was worthwhile to have > something like a Hellegrind race detector. Hear hear! > Should something be done to help locate problems? In one of > the first e-mails of this thread, I wrote an algorithm that > may help locate those problems. Does it work? Can anyone > see a better way to do it? As Jeremy said, it sounds like it would be difficult to do. His Helgrind/Eraser-like algorithm sounds more suitable. However, adding it would make Crocus much more complicated, and I have enough things on my plate as it is. Someone else is very welcome to have a go at adding the functionality. > Am I the only one that believes a race detector would be helpful? I think you are much more aware of these things than most programmers, due to your experience with daemons, etc. N |