[Glass] Comment of #newDay:monthNumber:year: is wrong (and I do not like the behavior either!)

Mariano Martinez Peck via Glass glass at lists.gemtalksystems.com
Mon Aug 10 11:57:19 PDT 2015


Upps...you were right... sorry...I got the "I am in the string of the
method source syndrom" hahaha
OK...this is done.

Thanks,

On Mon, Aug 10, 2015 at 3:48 PM, Dale Henrichs <
dale.henrichs at gemtalksystems.com> wrote:

> Great!
>
> The arg to category: is a string and it looks like you are using the
> printString of a String ...
>
>   category: '''Accessing'''
>
> should be:
>
>   category: 'Accessing'
>
> Otherwise looks good...
>
> Dale
>
>
> On 08/10/2015 11:28 AM, Mariano Martinez Peck wrote:
>
> OK....I share the Topaz script with the fix (with the improved suggestion
> of Dale) in case others are in the same situation.
> *The categories of the created methods looks like wrong... (i attach a
> screenshot) they look like a string in the browser. So...likely I am
> setting the category wrong.*
> If someone knows how to do it properly, let met know. Remember that since
> I am using SysterUser I cannot use any of the methods defined in packages
> from Monticello, or Squeak, etc. They must be in the core.
>
> Thanks,
>
>
>
> set user SystemUser pass XXX
>
> run
>
> Date  class compileMethod: ' numberOfDaysIn: month year: aYear
>
> ((month == 1) or: [(month == 3) or: [(month == 5) or: [(month == 7) or:
>    [(month == 8) or: [(month == 10) or: [(month == 12)]]]]]])
>    ifTrue: [^ 31].
> ((month == 4) or: [(month == 6) or: [(month == 9) or: [(month == 11)]]])
>    ifTrue: [^ 30].
> (((aYear \\ 100) == 0)
>    ifTrue: [ ((aYear \\ 400) == 0)]
>    ifFalse: [ ((aYear \\ 4) == 0) ])
>   ifTrue: [^ 29].
> ^ 28
> '
> dictionaries: GsSession currentSession symbolList
> category: '''Accessing'''
> environmentId: 0.
>
>
>
> Date  class compileMethod: '_newDay: day monthNumber: month year: year
>
> <primitive: 316>
>
> day _validateClass: SmallInteger .
> month _validateClass: SmallInteger .
> year _validateClass: SmallInteger .
>
> ^ self _primitiveFailed: #newDay:monthNumber:year:
>        args: { day . month . year }
> '
> dictionaries: GsSession currentSession symbolList
> category: '''Instance Creation'''
> environmentId: 0.
>
>
> Date  class compileMethod: 'newDay: day monthNumber: month year: year
>
> (month between: 1 and: 12) ifFalse: [ self error: ''Incorrect specified
> month: '', month asString].
> (day between: 1 and: (self numberOfDaysIn: month year: year)) ifFalse: [
> self error: ''Incorrect specified day: '', day asString].
>
> ^ self _newDay: day monthNumber: month year: year
> '
> dictionaries: GsSession currentSession symbolList
> category: '''Instance Creation'''
> environmentId: 0.
>
> System commit.
>
> %
>
>
>
>
> On Mon, Aug 10, 2015 at 2:38 PM, Mariano Martinez Peck <
> marianopeck at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>>
>> On Mon, Aug 10, 2015 at 1:50 PM, Dale Henrichs <
>> dale.henrichs at gemtalksystems.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Mariano,
>>>
>>> An alternative is to create a method #_newDay:monthNumber:year: (as
>>> System user) that is a copy of the original primitive based method ,,, and
>>> then implement #newDay:monthNumber:year: to call the prim method after
>>> testing values  ...
>>>
>>> One caution here is that you should change Date class>>newDay:year: to
>>> call the #_newDay:... method ...
>>>
>>>
>> Indeed, that's another solution. And yes, I also found out it needs a
>> special compile primitive  user permission (that's why you said to use
>> System user).
>>
>> mmmm probably yours is better.
>>
>> Thanks for the idea.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>> Dale
>>>
>>>
>>> On 08/10/2015 06:45 AM, Mariano Martinez Peck wrote:
>>>
>>> Hi Dale and others,
>>>
>>> The Smalltalk fix is not possible to put in Date class
>>> #newDay:monthNumber:year:  (which is the ideal place) because since the
>>> primitive does NOT fail, then the smalltalk code below is never executed.
>>> Therefore, the fix must be at the sender of this guy. Unfortunately, there
>>> are a few :(
>>>
>>> The "fix" I propose is the following. Please let me know if this looks
>>> correct:
>>>
>>> New helper method:
>>>
>>> *Date class >> numberOfDaysIn: month year: aYear*
>>>
>>> ((month == 1) or: [(month == 3) or: [(month == 5) or: [(month == 7) or:
>>>    [(month == 8) or: [(month == 10) or: [(month == 12)]]]]]])
>>>    ifTrue: [^ 31].
>>> ((month == 4) or: [(month == 6) or: [(month == 9) or: [(month == 11)]]])
>>>    ifTrue: [^ 30].
>>> (((aYear \\ 100) == 0)
>>>    ifTrue: [ ((aYear \\ 400) == 0)]
>>>    ifFalse: [ ((aYear \\ 4) == 0) ])
>>>   ifTrue: [^ 29].
>>> ^ 28
>>>
>>>
>>> And then, change each sender of #newDay:monthNumber:year:  to add the 2
>>> lines below:
>>>
>>> Date class >> year: year month: month day: day
>>> * (month between: 1 and: 12) ifFalse: [ self error: 'Incorrect specified
>>> month: ', month asString].*
>>> * (day between: 1 and: (self numberOfDaysIn: month year: year)) ifFalse:
>>> [ self error: 'Incorrect specified day: ', day asString]. *
>>>
>>> ^self newDay: day monthNumber: month year: year
>>>
>>> Does it look correct to you?
>>>
>>> Best,
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Fri, Aug 7, 2015 at 5:24 PM, Dale Henrichs <
>>> dale.henrichs at gemtalksystems.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Mariano,
>>>>
>>>> Since the creation of a date is a primitive call, the official fix will
>>>> be in C code (I think) ...  it looks like there is no validation for the
>>>> day of the month, so a straight forward Smalltalk patch should be possible
>>>> ...
>>>>
>>>> Dale
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On 08/07/2015 01:18 PM, Mariano Martinez Peck wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Thanks Dale. If a back port or workaround is easy for 3.1.0.7 I would
>>>> appreciate that too.... I don't expext an official release... but maybe a
>>>> workaround. I do not even care if I have to put it as an override as part
>>>> of my packages... Of course...I can write myself the validation of ranges
>>>> too...
>>>> But seems to me it sounds like a big bug... all users of such a method
>>>> could have been getting a shifted date if they did not send a correct one...
>>>>
>>>> On Fri, Aug 7, 2015 at 5:10 PM, Dale Henrichs via Glass <
>>>> glass at lists.gemtalksystems.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Mariano,
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks for the report, I've submitted an internal bug (45525) on this
>>>>> against 3.2.7 and 3.3.
>>>>>
>>>>> Dale
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On 08/07/2015 06:35 AM, Mariano Martinez Peck via Glass wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> Hi guys,
>>>>>
>>>>> Just for the record, the comment of:
>>>>>
>>>>> Date class >> newDay: day monthNumber: month year: year
>>>>>
>>>>> *"*Creates and returns an instance of the receiver from the specified
>>>>> values.
>>>>> * Generates an error if any of the values are out of range."*
>>>>>
>>>>> Is wrong since it does not throws and error and instead shifts the
>>>>> day. Example:
>>>>>
>>>>> Date newDay: 31 monthNumber: 6 year: 2015   -> 07/01/2015   (June has
>>>>> only 30 days)
>>>>>
>>>>> BTW... This is a frustrating behavior for me. Pharo would correctly
>>>>> throw a DateError, but GemStone shifts and gives me back another date. This
>>>>> could lead to problems quite hard to debug.
>>>>>
>>>>> Cheers,
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> --
>>>>> Mariano
>>>>> http://marianopeck.wordpress.com
>>>>>
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>>>>
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>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
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>>>
>>
>>
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