Any way to break long running code (potentially infinite loop)?

homsardude

Any way to break long running code (potentially infinite loop)?

in Integration and Hardware • 1 year ago

I was running some code last night, and then the IDE froze. I think I might have an infinite loop (although the drawing completed correctly), but I haven't closed out of processing yet and I'm hoping there's some kind of keyboard shortcut that might break out of the code. I'm using a Macbook Pro. Can anyone help with this?

To make matters worse, I have been working on this code for the last several days without saving it (yep, I'm a moron...) and I really, really don't want to lose it by forcing processing to close.

Thanks!

Replies(4)

PhiLho

Re: Any way to break long running code (potentially infinite loop)?

1 year ago

You can find the sketch (.pde and .java) in your temporary files folder, the exact location depending on your system (there was a thread about that).
Processing automatically saves the sketch when you run it.

homsardude

Re: Any way to break long running code (potentially infinite loop)?

1 year ago

Awesome, that's great to know. I'll see if I can figure out where the temp files go on a Mac. Thanks!

PhiLho

Re: Any way to break long running code (potentially infinite loop)?

1 year ago

Found back the thread, but it is mostly for Windows.
https://forum.processing.org/topic/processing-temporary-files-are-they-really-temporary
Now, Linux and Mac probably just have a sub-folder in /tmp

Ah, if you can run another instance of the PDE, you can try this sketch:

println(sketchPath);
File f = sketchFile("");
println(f.listFiles());

On my Windows system, it prints:

C:UPhiLhoAppDataLocalTempuled5874815764826109867sketchessketch_may03b
[0] C:UPhiLhoAppDataLocalTempuled5874815764826109867sketchessketch_may03bsketch_may03b.pde

You will probably have some other untitledxxxxxsketches (or similar, depending on Processing version) folders there, among them your sketch.

homsardude

Re: Any way to break long running code (potentially infinite loop)?

1 year ago

Brilliant idea. It printed out the temp folder it was working in (which I would have never found by myself), which was:

/var/folders/1v/q_1s2jrx6wd1wvmnb8p2850c0000gn/T/untitled7113574346065031608sketches/sketch_may03a