GetRecentlyWatched() in 6.0 beta

[dflachbart]

Did the parameter semantics for GetRecentlyWatched() change ? In 5.x, it would return the whole watched-history when 0 is passed in, now it doesnt return any shows. Of course I can pass in Long.MAX_VALUE, just wanted to check if this is intended ...

Dirk

[Opus4]

It is possible -- the docs don't say anything about a parameter of 0 having a special meaning & I know there was some sort of fix regarding how it handles its parameter.

- Andy

[dflachbart]

Originally Posted by Opus4

& I know there was some sort of fix regarding how it handled its parameter.

- Andy

So is the parameter still in milliseconds ?

The method seems to only allow Integer values as a parameter (up to 2147483647), any value larger than that returns an empty list. Max Integer only allows up to 24 days (in milliseconds), but it shows me shows older than 24 days (up to 8/16/06).

On the other hand, if i use 7*24*60*60*1000, it shows me the last 7 days...

Dirk

[Opus4]

Are you making sure to send a long instead of an integer?

Try sending Time(), to go back to the beginning of time as we know it.

- Andy

[dflachbart]

Originally Posted by Opus4

Are you making sure to send a long instead of an integer?

Good point ...

Is there a specific syntax for long values in Studio code ?
I tried 2147483648, 2147483648L, and new_java_lang_Long(2147483648), but neither worked ...

Try sending Time(), to go back to the beginning of time as we know it.

- Andy

This works ...
So it's an issue of how to specify real long values in Studio.

Hmm, wait, this still doesnt answer why 2147483647 shows me more than 24 days ...

Dirk

[Opus4]

Originally Posted by flachbar

new_java_lang_Long(2147483648), but neither worked ...

Maybe it doesn't see the parameter as a long. The java docs say you can send it as a string too -- new_java_lang_Long("2147483648"), perhaps?

Hmm, wait, this still doesnt answer why 2147483647 shows me more than 24 days ...

My guess is that it probably has something to do with that number being 1 bigger than the max integer value of 2^31 - 1.

- Andy

[dflachbart]

Originally Posted by Opus4

Maybe it doesn't see the parameter as a long. The java docs say you can send it as a string too -- new_java_lang_Long("2147483648"), perhaps?

Thx, I'll try this tonight. Can we get some official info if this is the preferred (and maybe only) way to specify Longs in Studio code ?

My guess is that it probably has something to do with that number being 1 bigger than the max integer value of 2^31 - 1.

- Andy

Actually, 2147483647 is MAXINT (2^31-1)


Dirk

[Opus4]

Originally Posted by flachbar

Actually, 2147483647 is MAXINT (2^31-1)

Um... right. I think my calculator needs a new battery & I wasn't thinking properly when I wrote that one. Edit: Interesting... I had "checked" the number on my calculator, rather than cut & paste from somewhere. 2^31 had a 7 as the last digit & it didn't dawn on me that that can't be possible. (long story why I wouldn't have caught that lately) But, 2^30 * 2 gave the correct answer. Same for 2^32. Nice to know my calculator has a bug. Oh well, it is 23 years old or more, so I'm sure I can't get it fixed.

I'll have to double check on specifying large longs.

- Andy

[GKusnick]

new_java_lang_Long("2147483648") works in Expression Evaluator. Just typing 2147483648 as a bare number does not. (Parsing Error: Can't parse "2147483648")

Try submitting a bug report on it. Can't hurt, and we are in Beta.

[Opus4]

Originally Posted by flachbar

Can we get some official info if this is the preferred (and maybe only) way to specify Longs in Studio code ?

The below expressions worked, having tried them via the Expression Evaluator:

new_java_lang_Long("2147483648")
java_lang_Long_parseLong("2147483648")
"2147483648" * 1

So, converting them from strings worked, but this did not work:

new_java_lang_Long(2147483648)
2147483648

It seems to try making a straight number like this to always be an integer.

Oh, I see there's another reply about it while I was typing this & got called away from my desk.

- Andy