I think this is fixed. Will upload a new zip file shortly. I realized we
didn't have to reassign Boolean in the first place -- probably much better
practice!
On Tue, Dec 3, 2013 at 10:25 AM, Robert Hanson <hans...@stolaf.edu> wrote:
> I'm at a total loss to explain this.
>
> There are two adjacent lines in Jmol's Java code:
>
> setB("testFlag4", testFlag4)
> setB("traceAlpha", traceAlpha)
>
> now, setB just goes to a method that turns the names into lower case and
> stores Boolean.TRUE or Boolean.FALSE in a Hashtable. Just before doing
> that, in the
> JavaScript, I insert a call to System.out.println to show the name, the
> value, what Boolean is and what Boolean.TRUE and Boolean.FALSE are.
>
> Take a look:
>
>
> name testflag4 value false Boolean:function () {
> Clazz_instantialize (this, arguments);
> } true false
>
> name tracealpha value true Boolean:function Boolean() {
> [native code]
> } undefined false
>
> Somehow, *in between executing these two calls*, Safari is changing the
> definition of Boolean.
>
> After changing the message, I get:
>
>
> name testflag4 value false Boolean:function Boolean() {
> [native code]
> } put=undefined
> name tracealpha value true Boolean:function Boolean() {
> [native code]
> } put=undefined
>
> so now this is happening slightly sooner. Probably the reason it all works
> with the developer console open is simply that this other thread, whatever
> it is, is working at a different time.
>
> And in another load we have:
>
> name zoomenabled value true Boolean:function Boolean() {
> [native code]
> } put=undefined
>
> Now, that HAD to throw an error, because you can't put an undefined value
> into a Hashtable, but, wait! Looky here. The model loaded, and what do you
> know? :
>
>
> jmolApplet0._applet.viewer.global.htBooleanParameterFlags.get("zoomenabled").booleanValue()
>
> true
>
> It DID put Boolean.TRUE into the Hashtable after all.
>
> WHAT COULD THIS POSSIBLY BE??
>
> Version 6.1 (8537.71)
>
>
> --
> Robert M. Hanson
> Larson-Anderson Professor of Chemistry
> St. Olaf College
> Northfield, MN
> http://www.stolaf.edu/people/hansonr
>
>
> If nature does not answer first what we want,
> it is better to take what answer we get.
>
> -- Josiah Willard Gibbs, Lecture XXX, Monday, February 5, 1900
>
>
--
Robert M. Hanson
Larson-Anderson Professor of Chemistry
St. Olaf College
Northfield, MN
http://www.stolaf.edu/people/hansonr
If nature does not answer first what we want,
it is better to take what answer we get.
-- Josiah Willard Gibbs, Lecture XXX, Monday, February 5, 1900
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