[Swift-user] app argument int passed as float

[Ketan Maheshwari]

I checked with trunk and this doesn't seem to be happening there. Will file
a bug for 0.93.

On Fri, Oct 21, 2011 at 3:10 PM, Ketan Maheshwari <
ketancmaheshwari at gmail.com> wrote:

> Mike,
>
> Indeed the output seems to be as expected. I just tried this and worked for
> me. However, if you see the log, at the point where the arguments are passed
> to the worker it gets converted to float. See this line in the log of this
> run:
>
> 2011-10-21 15:05:03,291-0500 DEBUG vdl:execute2 JOB_START
> jobid=echo-suhonmhk tr=echo arguments=[foo, 35.0]
> tmpdir=km-20111021-1504-f4bc0xg4/jobs/s/echo-suhonmhk host=localhost
>
> 35 became 35.0 there.
>
> Regards,
> Ketan
>
> On Fri, Oct 21, 2011 at 2:38 PM, Michael Wilde <wilde at mcs.anl.gov> wrote:
>
>> I tried this with an example closer to what you wrote in the initial
>> message, Ketan.
>>
>> It still seems to work OK under the trunk rev indicated:
>>
>> bri$ cat km1.swift
>> type outfile;
>>
>> app (outfile o ) myapp(string a, int b ){
>>  echo a b  stdout=@o;
>> }
>>
>> outfile out<"km1.out">;
>>
>> out = myapp("foo", 35 );
>>
>> bri$ swift km1.swift
>>
>> no sites file specified, setting to default:
>> /home/wilde/swift/rev/trunk/etc/sites.xml
>> Swift svn swift-r5234 cog-r3296
>>
>> RunID: 20111021-1436-z7s2z5rb
>> Progress:  time: Fri, 21 Oct 2011 14:37:01 -0500
>> Final status: Fri, 21 Oct 2011 14:37:01 -0500  Finished successfully:1
>> bri$ cat km1.out
>> foo 35
>> bri$
>>
>> - Mike
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> > From: "Michael Wilde" <wilde at mcs.anl.gov>
>> > To: "Ketan Maheshwari" <ketancmaheshwari at gmail.com>
>> > Cc: "Swift User" <swift-user at ci.uchicago.edu>
>> > Sent: Friday, October 21, 2011 2:33:48 PM
>> > Subject: Re: [Swift-user] app argument int passed as float
>> > In at least some recent version of trunk, ints seem to get passed ok,
>> > as below.
>> >
>> > Now lets see where the difference is.
>> >
>> > - Mike
>> >
>> > bri$ cat args.swift
>> > type file;
>> >
>> > app (file o) echo(int i)
>> > {
>> > echo i stdout=@o;
>> > }
>> >
>> > file eo<"echo.out">;
>> >
>> > eo=echo(123);
>> > bri$ which swift
>> > ~/swift/rev/trunk/bin/swift
>> > bri$ swift -version
>> > no sites file specified, setting to default:
>> > /home/wilde/swift/rev/trunk/etc/sites.xml
>> > Swift svn swift-r5234 cog-r3296
>> >
>> > bri$ swift args.swift
>> > no sites file specified, setting to default:
>> > /home/wilde/swift/rev/trunk/etc/sites.xml
>> > Swift svn swift-r5234 cog-r3296
>> >
>> > RunID: 20111021-1431-8mzx0ya2
>> > Progress: time: Fri, 21 Oct 2011 14:31:04 -0500
>> > Final status: Fri, 21 Oct 2011 14:31:04 -0500 Finished successfully:1
>> > bri$ cat echo.out
>> > 123
>> > bri$
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > ----- Original Message -----
>> > > From: "Ketan Maheshwari" <ketancmaheshwari at gmail.com>
>> > > To: "Swift User" <swift-user at ci.uchicago.edu>
>> > > Sent: Wednesday, October 19, 2011 8:30:24 PM
>> > > Subject: [Swift-user] app argument int passed as float
>> > > Hi,
>> > >
>> > >
>> > > In my app definition, I have an argument of type int that is
>> > > expected
>> > > by the executable.
>> > >
>> > >
>> > >
>> > > I define my app something like this:
>> > >
>> > >
>> > > (outfile o ) app myapp(string a, int b, datafile c, ...){
>> > > cmd a b c stdout @o;
>> > > }
>> > >
>> > >
>> > > I call this as:
>> > > <..mappers..>
>> > >
>> > >
>> > > out = myapp("foo", 35, @afile, ...);
>> > >
>> > >
>> > > However, it seems that at the time of the actual call, the value 35
>> > > which is an int get replaced by the value 35.0, a float.
>> > >
>> > >
>> > > I could see this from the arguments dumped by swift at the end of
>> > > exception message:
>> > >
>> > >
>> > > "
>> > >
>> > > Exception in presgt:
>> > > Arguments: [TEST, 35.0, .....
>> > > "
>> > >
>> > >
>> > > The underlying app binary doesn't like because apparently the java
>> > > is
>> > > calling Integer.parseInt and getting a float formatted string.
>> > >
>> > > Any ideas?
>> > >
>> > >
>> > > Regards, --
>> > > Ketan
>> > >
>> > >
>> > >
>> > > _______________________________________________
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>> >
>> > --
>> > Michael Wilde
>> > Computation Institute, University of Chicago
>> > Mathematics and Computer Science Division
>> > Argonne National Laboratory
>>
>> --
>> Michael Wilde
>> Computation Institute, University of Chicago
>> Mathematics and Computer Science Division
>> Argonne National Laboratory
>>
>>
>
>
> --
> Ketan
>
>
>


-- 
Ketan
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