[kepler-dev] Kepler 2.0.0 and director development

[Colin Enticott]

Hi Christopher,

It turns out to be this change:

> 2009-08-10 19:58  eal
>
>        * [r55418] /trunk/ptolemy/actor/lib/Ramp.java: Change the state if
>          init is set during execution.

As part of the bug of parameter dependencies throwing execptions after
being cloned (discussed our other thread) I had added a call to
validate() on each parameter before firing. This change to Ramp caused
the _stateToken to be reset to the init value after validate() is
called (validate() caused the ramp's attributeChanged() method to
execute).

I don't need to call validate() so my problem is fixed. I didn't
realize that validate() would cause attributeChanged() to be called
when (in this case) the parameter didn't change.

I still have that bug of an exception being generated after cloning
when a parameter has dependencies. I have still yet to produce an
actor that reproduces the problem. I have to bundle some features of
the Nimrod/K director into an actor and send that to you.

Thanks for you help,
Colin