The behavior of the "if" statement, or of comparisons between pfields
and other variables, appears to have changed recently.

The following CSD file demonstrates the change in behavior.



instr 1
prints "Replace p3 with a positive long value for indefinite notes."
; This block does not work. It did used to work and is used in much of my code.
;if p3 == -1 then
;    p3 = 10000000
;endif
; This block does work.
if p3 != -1 goto non_indefinite
    p3 = 10000000
non_indefinite:

print p3
endin


i 1 1 1



-----------------------------------------------------
Michael Gogins
Irreducible Productions
http://michaelgogins.tumblr.com

I see nohing wrong here.  Or did you mean p3 to be -1 in the score? 
Actually it works in that case as well.



On Fri, 26 Oct 2018, Michael Gogins wrote:

> The behavior of the "if" statement, or of comparisons between pfields
> and other variables, appears to have changed recently.
>
> The following CSD file demonstrates the change in behavior.
>
> 
> 
> instr 1
> prints "Replace p3 with a positive long value for indefinite notes."
> ; This block does not work. It did used to work and is used in much of my code.
> ;if p3 == -1 then
> ;    p3 = 10000000
> ;endif
> ; This block does work.
> if p3 != -1 goto non_indefinite
>    p3 = 10000000
> non_indefinite:
>
> print p3
> endin
> 
> 
> i 1 1 1
> 
> 
>
> -----------------------------------------------------
> Michael Gogins
> Irreducible Productions
> http://michaelgogins.tumblr.com
> Michael dot Gogins at gmail dot com

It works here as well. 

 new alloc for instr 1:
Replace p3 with a positive long value for indefinite notes.instr 1:  p3 = 1.000
B  1.000 ..  2.000 T  2.000 TT  2.000 M:      0.0

If I use i1 1 -1 I get

new alloc for instr 1:
Replace p3 with a positive long value for indefinite notes.instr 1:  p3 = 10000000.000

========================
Prof. Victor Lazzarini
Dean of Arts, Celtic Studies, and Philosophy,
Maynooth University,
Maynooth, Co Kildare, Ireland
Tel: 00 353 7086936
Fax: 00 353 1 7086952 

> On 26 Oct 2018, at 20:25, jpff  wrote:
> 
> I see nohing wrong here.  Or did you mean p3 to be -1 in the score? Actually it works in that case as well.
> 
> 
> 
> On Fri, 26 Oct 2018, Michael Gogins wrote:
> 
>> The behavior of the "if" statement, or of comparisons between pfields
>> and other variables, appears to have changed recently.
>> 
>> The following CSD file demonstrates the change in behavior.
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> instr 1
>> prints "Replace p3 with a positive long value for indefinite notes."
>> ; This block does not work. It did used to work and is used in much of my code.
>> ;if p3 == -1 then
>> ;    p3 = 10000000
>> ;endif
>> ; This block does work.
>> if p3 != -1 goto non_indefinite
>>   p3 = 10000000
>> non_indefinite:
>> 
>> print p3
>> endin
>> 
>> 
>> i 1 1 1
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> -----------------------------------------------------
>> Michael Gogins
>> Irreducible Productions
>> http://michaelgogins.tumblr.com
>> Michael dot Gogins at gmail dot com

for me, for any -1 as p3 csound exits immediately with the message:
Score finished in csoundPerformKsmps() with 2.

this does happen in all cases:
- nothing in the instrument at all except print
- any if-condition which changes -1 to any positive number. (both if 
condition work for me but don't have any effect because of the exit.)

this is with linux and csound develop from today.

	joachim


On 26/10/18 22:42, Victor Lazzarini wrote:
> It works here as well.
>
>  new alloc for instr 1:
> Replace p3 with a positive long value for indefinite notes.instr 1:  p3 = 1.000
> B  1.000 ..  2.000 T  2.000 TT  2.000 M:      0.0
>
> If I use i1 1 -1 I get
>
> new alloc for instr 1:
> Replace p3 with a positive long value for indefinite notes.instr 1:  p3 = 10000000.000
>
> ========================
> Prof. Victor Lazzarini
> Dean of Arts, Celtic Studies, and Philosophy,
> Maynooth University,
> Maynooth, Co Kildare, Ireland
> Tel: 00 353 7086936
> Fax: 00 353 1 7086952
>
>> On 26 Oct 2018, at 20:25, jpff  wrote:
>>
>> I see nohing wrong here.  Or did you mean p3 to be -1 in the score? Actually it works in that case as well.
>>
>>
>>
>> On Fri, 26 Oct 2018, Michael Gogins wrote:
>>
>>> The behavior of the "if" statement, or of comparisons between pfields
>>> and other variables, appears to have changed recently.
>>>
>>> The following CSD file demonstrates the change in behavior.
>>>
>>> 
>>> 
>>> instr 1
>>> prints "Replace p3 with a positive long value for indefinite notes."
>>> ; This block does not work. It did used to work and is used in much of my code.
>>> ;if p3 == -1 then
>>> ;    p3 = 10000000
>>> ;endif
>>> ; This block does work.
>>> if p3 != -1 goto non_indefinite
>>>   p3 = 10000000
>>> non_indefinite:
>>>
>>> print p3
>>> endin
>>> 
>>> 
>>> i 1 1 1
>>> 
>>> 
>>>
>>> -----------------------------------------------------
>>> Michael Gogins
>>> Irreducible Productions
>>> http://michaelgogins.tumblr.com
>>> Michael dot Gogins at gmail dot com
>>>

just to note that it works when i replace the score line by
	schedule 1, 1, -1

so it seems to be a score issue.



On 27/10/18 13:35, Victor Lazzarini wrote:
> Maybe this has been addressed in 6.12? Can't recall anything though.
>
>
> Victor Lazzarini
> Dean of Arts, Celtic Studies, and Philosophy
> Maynooth University
> Ireland
>
> On 27 Oct 2018, at 12:22, Michael Gogins  > wrote:
>
>> I forgot to mention my issue is for Csound 6.11 in the latest Debian
>> package.
>>
>> On Sat, Oct 27, 2018, 03:56 joachim heintz >  wrote:
>>
>>     for me, for any -1 as p3 csound exits immediately with the message:
>>     Score finished in csoundPerformKsmps() with 2.
>>
>>     this does happen in all cases:
>>     - nothing in the instrument at all except print
>>     - any if-condition which changes -1 to any positive number. (both if
>>     condition work for me but don't have any effect because of the exit.)
>>
>>     this is with linux and csound develop from today.
>>
>>             joachim
>>
>>
>>     On 26/10/18 22:42, Victor Lazzarini wrote:
>>     > It works here as well.
>>     >
>>     >  new alloc for instr 1:
>>     > Replace p3 with a positive long value for indefinite notes.instr
>>     1:  p3 = 1.000
>>     > B  1.000 ..  2.000 T  2.000 TT  2.000 M:      0.0
>>     >
>>     > If I use i1 1 -1 I get
>>     >
>>     > new alloc for instr 1:
>>     > Replace p3 with a positive long value for indefinite notes.instr
>>     1:  p3 = 10000000.000
>>     >
>>     > ========================
>>     > Prof. Victor Lazzarini
>>     > Dean of Arts, Celtic Studies, and Philosophy,
>>     > Maynooth University,
>>     > Maynooth, Co Kildare, Ireland
>>     > Tel: 00 353 7086936
>>     > Fax: 00 353 1 7086952
>>     >
>>     >> On 26 Oct 2018, at 20:25, jpff >     > wrote:
>>     >>
>>     >> I see nohing wrong here.  Or did you mean p3 to be -1 in the
>>     score? Actually it works in that case as well.
>>     >>
>>     >>
>>     >>
>>     >> On Fri, 26 Oct 2018, Michael Gogins wrote:
>>     >>
>>     >>> The behavior of the "if" statement, or of comparisons between
>>     pfields
>>     >>> and other variables, appears to have changed recently.
>>     >>>
>>     >>> The following CSD file demonstrates the change in behavior.
>>     >>>
>>     >>> 
>>     >>> 
>>     >>> instr 1
>>     >>> prints "Replace p3 with a positive long value for indefinite
>>     notes."
>>     >>> ; This block does not work. It did used to work and is used in
>>     much of my code.
>>     >>> ;if p3 == -1 then
>>     >>> ;    p3 = 10000000
>>     >>> ;endif
>>     >>> ; This block does work.
>>     >>> if p3 != -1 goto non_indefinite
>>     >>>   p3 = 10000000
>>     >>> non_indefinite:
>>     >>>
>>     >>> print p3
>>     >>> endin
>>     >>> 
>>     >>> 
>>     >>> i 1 1 1
>>     >>> 
>>     >>> 
>>     >>>
>>     >>> -----------------------------------------------------
>>     >>> Michael Gogins
>>     >>> Irreducible Productions
>>     >>> http://michaelgogins.tumblr.com
>>     >>> Michael dot Gogins at gmail dot com
>>     >>>
>>     >

To me it works as expected, with both 1 and -1.

I'm on Windows. "Csound version 6.12 beta (double samples) Oct 24 2018", downloaded from the main site: https://csound.com/download.html

P.S.: why the 'beta' in the info line when run csound from the command line?

Regards,
Mauro

Il 2018-10-27 15:50 joachim heintz ha scritto:

just to note that it works when i replace the score line by
    schedule 1, 1, -1

so it seems to be a score issue.



On 27/10/18 13:35, Victor Lazzarini wrote:

Maybe this has been addressed in 6.12? Can't recall anything though.


Victor Lazzarini
Dean of Arts, Celtic Studies, and Philosophy
Maynooth University
Ireland

On 27 Oct 2018, at 12:22, Michael Gogins <michael.gogins@GMAIL.COM
<mailto:michael.gogins@GMAIL.COM>> wrote:

I forgot to mention my issue is for Csound 6.11 in the latest Debian
package.

On Sat, Oct 27, 2018, 03:56 joachim heintz <jh@joachimheintz.de
<mailto:jh@joachimheintz.de> wrote:

    for me, for any -1 as p3 csound exits immediately with the message:
    Score finished in csoundPerformKsmps() with 2.

    this does happen in all cases:
    - nothing in the instrument at all except print
    - any if-condition which changes -1 to any positive number. (both if
    condition work for me but don't have any effect because of the exit.)

    this is with linux and csound develop from today.

            joachim


    On 26/10/18 22:42, Victor Lazzarini wrote:
    > It works here as well.
    >
    >  new alloc for instr 1:
    > Replace p3 with a positive long value for indefinite notes.instr
    1:  p3 = 1.000
    > B  1.000 ..  2.000 T  2.000 TT  2.000 M:      0.0
    >
    > If I use i1 1 -1 I get
    >
    > new alloc for instr 1:
    > Replace p3 with a positive long value for indefinite notes.instr
    1:  p3 = 10000000.000
    >
    > ========================
    > Prof. Victor Lazzarini
    > Dean of Arts, Celtic Studies, and Philosophy,
    > Maynooth University,
    > Maynooth, Co Kildare, Ireland
    > Tel: 00 353 7086936
    > Fax: 00 353 1 7086952
    >
    >> On 26 Oct 2018, at 20:25, jpff <jpff@codemist.co.uk
    <mailto:jpff@codemist.co.uk>> wrote:
    >>
    >> I see nohing wrong here.  Or did you mean p3 to be -1 in the
    score? Actually it works in that case as well.
    >>
    >>
    >>
    >> On Fri, 26 Oct 2018, Michael Gogins wrote:
    >>
    >>> The behavior of the "if" statement, or of comparisons between
    pfields
    >>> and other variables, appears to have changed recently.
    >>>
    >>> The following CSD file demonstrates the change in behavior.
    >>>
    >>> <CsoundSynthesizer>
    >>> <CsInstruments>
    >>> instr 1
    >>> prints "Replace p3 with a positive long value for indefinite
    notes."
    >>> ; This block does not work. It did used to work and is used in
    much of my code.
    >>> ;if p3 == -1 then
    >>> ;    p3 = 10000000
    >>> ;endif
    >>> ; This block does work.
    >>> if p3 != -1 goto non_indefinite
    >>>   p3 = 10000000
    >>> non_indefinite:
    >>>
    >>> print p3
    >>> endin
    >>> </CsInstruments>
    >>> <CsScore>
    >>> i 1 1 1
    >>> </CsScore>
    >>> </CsoundSynthesizer>
    >>>
    >>> -----------------------------------------------------
    >>> Michael Gogins
    >>> Irreducible Productions
    >>> http://michaelgogins.tumblr.com
    >>> Michael dot Gogins at gmail dot com
    >>>
    >

The thing is, the report was saying that if — then was behaving differently
to if — goto and there was nothing there about Csound having
to carry on for longer.  The if - then is behaving as expected.

The score behaves as I would expect. It issues 1 event for 1 sec and
then closes csound. If there is no score, Csound continues on forever,
or if there is an f z statement, or an e 10000 etc
========================
Prof. Victor Lazzarini
Dean of Arts, Celtic Studies, and Philosophy,
Maynooth University,
Maynooth, Co Kildare, Ireland
Tel: 00 353 7086936
Fax: 00 353 1 7086952 

> On 27 Oct 2018, at 14:50, joachim heintz  wrote:
> 
> just to note that it works when i replace the score line by
> 	schedule 1, 1, -1
> 
> so it seems to be a score issue.
> 
> 
> 
> On 27/10/18 13:35, Victor Lazzarini wrote:
>> Maybe this has been addressed in 6.12? Can't recall anything though.
>> 
>> 
>> Victor Lazzarini
>> Dean of Arts, Celtic Studies, and Philosophy
>> Maynooth University
>> Ireland
>> 
>> On 27 Oct 2018, at 12:22, Michael Gogins > > wrote:
>> 
>>> I forgot to mention my issue is for Csound 6.11 in the latest Debian
>>> package.
>>> 
>>> On Sat, Oct 27, 2018, 03:56 joachim heintz >>  wrote:
>>> 
>>>    for me, for any -1 as p3 csound exits immediately with the message:
>>>    Score finished in csoundPerformKsmps() with 2.
>>> 
>>>    this does happen in all cases:
>>>    - nothing in the instrument at all except print
>>>    - any if-condition which changes -1 to any positive number. (both if
>>>    condition work for me but don't have any effect because of the exit.)
>>> 
>>>    this is with linux and csound develop from today.
>>> 
>>>            joachim
>>> 
>>> 
>>>    On 26/10/18 22:42, Victor Lazzarini wrote:
>>>    > It works here as well.
>>>    >
>>>    >  new alloc for instr 1:
>>>    > Replace p3 with a positive long value for indefinite notes.instr
>>>    1:  p3 = 1.000
>>>    > B  1.000 ..  2.000 T  2.000 TT  2.000 M:      0.0
>>>    >
>>>    > If I use i1 1 -1 I get
>>>    >
>>>    > new alloc for instr 1:
>>>    > Replace p3 with a positive long value for indefinite notes.instr
>>>    1:  p3 = 10000000.000
>>>    >
>>>    > ========================
>>>    > Prof. Victor Lazzarini
>>>    > Dean of Arts, Celtic Studies, and Philosophy,
>>>    > Maynooth University,
>>>    > Maynooth, Co Kildare, Ireland
>>>    > Tel: 00 353 7086936
>>>    > Fax: 00 353 1 7086952
>>>    >
>>>    >> On 26 Oct 2018, at 20:25, jpff >>    > wrote:
>>>    >>
>>>    >> I see nohing wrong here.  Or did you mean p3 to be -1 in the
>>>    score? Actually it works in that case as well.
>>>    >>
>>>    >>
>>>    >>
>>>    >> On Fri, 26 Oct 2018, Michael Gogins wrote:
>>>    >>
>>>    >>> The behavior of the "if" statement, or of comparisons between
>>>    pfields
>>>    >>> and other variables, appears to have changed recently.
>>>    >>>
>>>    >>> The following CSD file demonstrates the change in behavior.
>>>    >>>
>>>    >>> 
>>>    >>> 
>>>    >>> instr 1
>>>    >>> prints "Replace p3 with a positive long value for indefinite
>>>    notes."
>>>    >>> ; This block does not work. It did used to work and is used in
>>>    much of my code.
>>>    >>> ;if p3 == -1 then
>>>    >>> ;    p3 = 10000000
>>>    >>> ;endif
>>>    >>> ; This block does work.
>>>    >>> if p3 != -1 goto non_indefinite
>>>    >>>   p3 = 10000000
>>>    >>> non_indefinite:
>>>    >>>
>>>    >>> print p3
>>>    >>> endin
>>>    >>> 
>>>    >>> 
>>>    >>> i 1 1 1
>>>    >>> 
>>>    >>> 
>>>    >>>
>>>    >>> -----------------------------------------------------
>>>    >>> Michael Gogins
>>>    >>> Irreducible Productions
>>>    >>> http://michaelgogins.tumblr.com
>>>    >>> Michael dot Go

That must be because of the windows CMake build settings. Someone who knows more about the Windows build must look at it,
as it looks like a debug version is being built.
========================
Prof. Victor Lazzarini
Dean of Arts, Celtic Studies, and Philosophy,
Maynooth University,
Maynooth, Co Kildare, Ireland
Tel: 00 353 7086936
Fax: 00 353 1 7086952 

> On 27 Oct 2018, at 15:16, Mauro Giubileo  wrote:
> 
> To me it works as expected, with both 1 and -1.
> 
> I'm on Windows. "Csound version 6.12 beta (double samples) Oct 24 2018", downloaded from the main site: https://csound.com/download.html
> 
> P.S.: why the 'beta' in the info line when run csound from the command line?
> 
> Regards,
> Mauro
> 
> 
> 
> Il 2018-10-27 15:50 joachim heintz ha scritto:
> 
>> just to note that it works when i replace the score line by
>>     schedule 1, 1, -1
>> 
>> so it seems to be a score issue.
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> On 27/10/18 13:35, Victor Lazzarini wrote:
>>> Maybe this has been addressed in 6.12? Can't recall anything though.
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Victor Lazzarini
>>> Dean of Arts, Celtic Studies, and Philosophy
>>> Maynooth University
>>> Ireland
>>> 
>>> On 27 Oct 2018, at 12:22, Michael Gogins >> > wrote:
>>> 
>>>> I forgot to mention my issue is for Csound 6.11 in the latest Debian
>>>> package.
>>>> 
>>>> On Sat, Oct 27, 2018, 03:56 joachim heintz >>>  wrote:
>>>> 
>>>>     for me, for any -1 as p3 csound exits immediately with the message:
>>>>     Score finished in csoundPerformKsmps() with 2.
>>>> 
>>>>     this does happen in all cases:
>>>>     - nothing in the instrument at all except print
>>>>     - any if-condition which changes -1 to any positive number. (both if
>>>>     condition work for me but don't have any effect because of the exit.)
>>>> 
>>>>     this is with linux and csound develop from today.
>>>> 
>>>>             joachim
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>>     On 26/10/18 22:42, Victor Lazzarini wrote:
>>>>     > It works here as well.
>>>>     >
>>>>     >  new alloc for instr 1:
>>>>     > Replace p3 with a positive long value for indefinite notes.instr
>>>>     1:  p3 = 1.000
>>>>     > B  1.000 ..  2.000 T  2.000 TT  2.000 M:      0.0
>>>>     >
>>>>     > If I use i1 1 -1 I get
>>>>     >
>>>>     > new alloc for instr 1:
>>>>     > Replace p3 with a positive long value for indefinite notes.instr
>>>>     1:  p3 = 10000000.000
>>>>     >
>>>>     > ========================
>>>>     > Prof. Victor Lazzarini
>>>>     > Dean of Arts, Celtic Studies, and Philosophy,
>>>>     > Maynooth University,
>>>>     > Maynooth, Co Kildare, Ireland
>>>>     > Tel: 00 353 7086936
>>>>     > Fax: 00 353 1 7086952
>>>>     >
>>>>     >> On 26 Oct 2018, at 20:25, jpff >>>     > wrote:
>>>>     >>
>>>>     >> I see nohing wrong here.  Or did you mean p3 to be -1 in the
>>>>     score? Actually it works in that case as well.
>>>>     >>
>>>>     >>
>>>>     >>
>>>>     >> On Fri, 26 Oct 2018, Michael Gogins wrote:
>>>>     >>
>>>>     >>> The behavior of the "if" statement, or of comparisons between
>>>>     pfields
>>>>     >>> and other variables, appears to have changed recently.
>>>>     >>>
>>>>     >>> The following CSD file demonstrates the change in behavior.
>>>>     >>>
>>>>     >>> 
>>>>     >>> 
>>>>     >>> instr 1
>>>>     >>> prints "Replace p3 with a positive long value for indefinite
>>>>     notes."
>>>>     >>> ; This block does not work. It did used to work and is used in
>>>>     much of my code.
>>>>     >>> ;if p3 == -1 then
>>>>     >>> ;    p3 = 10000000
>>>>     >>> ;endif
>>>>     >>> ; This block does work.
>>>>     >>> if p3 != -1 goto non_indefinite
>>>>     >>>   p3 = 10000000
>>>>     >>> non_indefinite:
>>>>     >>>
>>>>     >>> print p3
>>>>     >>> endin
>>>>     >>> 
>>>>     >>> 
>>>>     >>> i 1 1 1
>>>>     >>> 
>>>>     >>> 
>>>>     >>>
>>>>     >>> -----------------------------------------------------
>>>>     >>> Michael Gogins
>>>>     >>> Irreducible Productions
>>>>     >>> http://michaelgogins.tumblr.com
>>>>     >>> Michael dot Gogins at gmail dot com
>>>>     >>>

i expected -1 as p3 to create an 'infinite' long note.  in 
https://csound.com/docs/manual/i.html:

A negative value will initiate a held note (see also ihold). A negative 
value can also be used for 'always on' instruments like reverberation.

but obviously i was wrong, and the score line
	i 1 1 -1
terminates csound immediately after calling instrument 1, if nothing 
keeps csound running, like e 3600 or similar.

	joachim



On 27/10/18 16:32, Victor Lazzarini wrote:
> The thing is, the report was saying that if — then was behaving differently
> to if — goto and there was nothing there about Csound having
> to carry on for longer.  The if - then is behaving as expected.
>
> The score behaves as I would expect. It issues 1 event for 1 sec and
> then closes csound. If there is no score, Csound continues on forever,
> or if there is an f z statement, or an e 10000 etc
> ========================
> Prof. Victor Lazzarini
> Dean of Arts, Celtic Studies, and Philosophy,
> Maynooth University,
> Maynooth, Co Kildare, Ireland
> Tel: 00 353 7086936
> Fax: 00 353 1 7086952
>
>> On 27 Oct 2018, at 14:50, joachim heintz  wrote:
>>
>> just to note that it works when i replace the score line by
>> 	schedule 1, 1, -1
>>
>> so it seems to be a score issue.
>>
>>
>>
>> On 27/10/18 13:35, Victor Lazzarini wrote:
>>> Maybe this has been addressed in 6.12? Can't recall anything though.
>>>
>>>
>>> Victor Lazzarini
>>> Dean of Arts, Celtic Studies, and Philosophy
>>> Maynooth University
>>> Ireland
>>>
>>> On 27 Oct 2018, at 12:22, Michael Gogins >> > wrote:
>>>
>>>> I forgot to mention my issue is for Csound 6.11 in the latest Debian
>>>> package.
>>>>
>>>> On Sat, Oct 27, 2018, 03:56 joachim heintz >>>  wrote:
>>>>
>>>>    for me, for any -1 as p3 csound exits immediately with the message:
>>>>    Score finished in csoundPerformKsmps() with 2.
>>>>
>>>>    this does happen in all cases:
>>>>    - nothing in the instrument at all except print
>>>>    - any if-condition which changes -1 to any positive number. (both if
>>>>    condition work for me but don't have any effect because of the exit.)
>>>>
>>>>    this is with linux and csound develop from today.
>>>>
>>>>            joachim
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>    On 26/10/18 22:42, Victor Lazzarini wrote:
>>>>    > It works here as well.
>>>>    >
>>>>    >  new alloc for instr 1:
>>>>    > Replace p3 with a positive long value for indefinite notes.instr
>>>>    1:  p3 = 1.000
>>>>    > B  1.000 ..  2.000 T  2.000 TT  2.000 M:      0.0
>>>>    >
>>>>    > If I use i1 1 -1 I get
>>>>    >
>>>>    > new alloc for instr 1:
>>>>    > Replace p3 with a positive long value for indefinite notes.instr
>>>>    1:  p3 = 10000000.000
>>>>    >
>>>>    > ========================
>>>>    > Prof. Victor Lazzarini
>>>>    > Dean of Arts, Celtic Studies, and Philosophy,
>>>>    > Maynooth University,
>>>>    > Maynooth, Co Kildare, Ireland
>>>>    > Tel: 00 353 7086936
>>>>    > Fax: 00 353 1 7086952
>>>>    >
>>>>    >> On 26 Oct 2018, at 20:25, jpff >>>    > wrote:
>>>>    >>
>>>>    >> I see nohing wrong here.  Or did you mean p3 to be -1 in the
>>>>    score? Actually it works in that case as well.
>>>>    >>
>>>>    >>
>>>>    >>
>>>>    >> On Fri, 26 Oct 2018, Michael Gogins wrote:
>>>>    >>
>>>>    >>> The behavior of the "if" statement, or of comparisons between
>>>>    pfields
>>>>    >>> and other variables, appears to have changed recently.
>>>>    >>>
>>>>    >>> The following CSD file demonstrates the change in behavior.
>>>>    >>>
>>>>    >>> 
>>>>    >>> 
>>>>    >>> instr 1
>>>>    >>> prints "Replace p3 with a positive long value for indefinite
>>>>    notes."
>>>>    >>> ; This block does not work. It did used to work and is used in
>>>>    much of my code.
>>>>    >>> ;if p3 == -1 then
>>>>    >>> ;    p3 = 10000000
>>>>    >>> ;endif
>>>>    >>> ; This block does work.
>>>>    >>> if p3 != -1 goto non_indefinite
>>>>    >>>   p3 = 10000000
>>>>    >>> non_indefinite:
>>>>    >>>
>>>>    >>> print p3
>>>>    >>> endin
>>>>    >>> 
>>>>    >>> 
>>>>    >>> i 1 1 1
>>>>    >>> 
>>>>    >>> 
>>>>    >>>
>>>>    >>> -----------------------------------------------------
>>>>    >>> Michael Gogins
>>>>    >>> Irreducible Productions
>>>>    >>> http://michaelgogins.tumblr.com
>>>>    >>> Michael dot Gogins at gmail dot com
>>>>    >>>
>>>>    >
>>>>

That's could be a bug... I tried this too and doesn't work:

<CsoundSynthesizer>

<CsOptions>

-odac -d

</CsOptions>

<CsInstruments>

sr = 44100

ksmps = 32

nchnls = 2

0dbfs  = 1

instr 1

 aout oscili 0.5, 440
      ihold

      outs   aout, aout

endin

</CsInstruments>

<CsScore>

i1 1 1

</CsScore>

"ihold" should make the note become "held", but instead the performance stops immediately after the instrument start. The same thing happens if you use "-1" for the P3 param in the score.

Regards,
Mauro

Il 2018-10-28 11:15 joachim heintz ha scritto:

i expected -1 as p3 to create an 'infinite' long note.  in https://csound.com/docs/manual/i.html:

A negative value will initiate a held note (see also ihold). A negative value can also be used for 'always on' instruments like reverberation.

but obviously i was wrong, and the score line
    i 1 1 -1
terminates csound immediately after calling instrument 1, if nothing keeps csound running, like e 3600 or similar.

    joachim



On 27/10/18 16:32, Victor Lazzarini wrote:

The thing is, the report was saying that if — then was behaving differently
to if — goto and there was nothing there about Csound having
to carry on for longer.  The if - then is behaving as expected.

The score behaves as I would expect. It issues 1 event for 1 sec and
then closes csound. If there is no score, Csound continues on forever,
or if there is an f z statement, or an e 10000 etc
========================
Prof. Victor Lazzarini
Dean of Arts, Celtic Studies, and Philosophy,
Maynooth University,
Maynooth, Co Kildare, Ireland
Tel: 00 353 7086936
Fax: 00 353 1 7086952

On 27 Oct 2018, at 14:50, joachim heintz <jh@joachimheintz.de> wrote:

just to note that it works when i replace the score line by
    schedule 1, 1, -1

so it seems to be a score issue.



On 27/10/18 13:35, Victor Lazzarini wrote:

Maybe this has been addressed in 6.12? Can't recall anything though.


Victor Lazzarini
Dean of Arts, Celtic Studies, and Philosophy
Maynooth University
Ireland

On 27 Oct 2018, at 12:22, Michael Gogins <michael.gogins@GMAIL.COM
<mailto:michael.gogins@GMAIL.COM>> wrote:

I forgot to mention my issue is for Csound 6.11 in the latest Debian
package.

On Sat, Oct 27, 2018, 03:56 joachim heintz <jh@joachimheintz.de
<mailto:jh@joachimheintz.de> wrote:

   for me, for any -1 as p3 csound exits immediately with the message:
   Score finished in csoundPerformKsmps() with 2.

   this does happen in all cases:
   - nothing in the instrument at all except print
   - any if-condition which changes -1 to any positive number. (both if
   condition work for me but don't have any effect because of the exit.)

   this is with linux and csound develop from today.

           joachim


   On 26/10/18 22:42, Victor Lazzarini wrote:
   > It works here as well.
   >
   >  new alloc for instr 1:
   > Replace p3 with a positive long value for indefinite notes.instr
   1:  p3 = 1.000
   > B  1.000 ..  2.000 T  2.000 TT  2.000 M:      0.0
   >
   > If I use i1 1 -1 I get
   >
   > new alloc for instr 1:
   > Replace p3 with a positive long value for indefinite notes.instr
   1:  p3 = 10000000.000
   >
   > ========================
   > Prof. Victor Lazzarini
   > Dean of Arts, Celtic Studies, and Philosophy,
   > Maynooth University,
   > Maynooth, Co Kildare, Ireland
   > Tel: 00 353 7086936
   > Fax: 00 353 1 7086952
   >
   >> On 26 Oct 2018, at 20:25, jpff <jpff@codemist.co.uk
   <mailto:jpff@codemist.co.uk>> wrote:
   >>
   >> I see nohing wrong here.  Or did you mean p3 to be -1 in the
   score? Actually it works in that case as well.
   >>
   >>
   >>
   >> On Fri, 26 Oct 2018, Michael Gogins wrote:
   >>
   >>> The behavior of the "if" statement, or of comparisons between
   pfields
   >>> and other variables, appears to have changed recently.
   >>>
   >>> The following CSD file demonstrates the change in behavior.
   >>>
   >>> <CsoundSynthesizer>
   >>> <CsInstruments>
   >>> instr 1
   >>> prints "Replace p3 with a positive long value for indefinite
   notes."
   >>> ; This block does not work. It did used to work and is used in
   much of my code.
   >>> ;if p3 == -1 then
   >>> ;    p3 = 10000000
   >>> ;endif
   >>> ; This block does work.
   >>> if p3 != -1 goto non_indefinite
   >>>   p3 = 10000000
   >>> non_indefinite:
   >>>
   >>> print p3
   >>> endin
   >>> </CsInstruments>
   >>> <CsScore>
   >>> i 1 1 1
   >>> </CsScore>
   >>> </CsoundSynthesizer>
   >>>
   >>> -----------------------------------------------------
   >>> Michael Gogins
   >>> Irreducible Productions
   >>> http://michaelgogins.tumblr.com
   >>> Michael dot Gogins at gmail dot com
   >>>
   >

if you add this to score

f 0 z

it does.

There is no bug, you are asking the instrument to hold, but Csound will stop playing after the
score elapses (i1 1 1). 

If you set p3 to -1, it will hold, as long as Csound is open.

========================
Prof. Victor Lazzarini
Dean of Arts, Celtic Studies, and Philosophy,
Maynooth University,
Maynooth, Co Kildare, Ireland
Tel: 00 353 7086936
Fax: 00 353 1 7086952 

> On 28 Oct 2018, at 12:38, Mauro Giubileo  wrote:
> 
> That's could be a bug... I tried this too and doesn't work:
> 
> 
> 
> 
> -odac -d
> 
> 
>  
> sr = 44100
> ksmps = 32
> nchnls = 2
> 0dbfs  = 1
> instr 1
> 
>  aout oscili 0.5, 440
>       ihold
>       outs   aout, aout
> 
> endin
>  
> 
> 
> i1 1 1
> 
> "ihold" should make the note become "held", but instead the performance stops immediately after the instrument start. The same thing happens if you use "-1" for the P3 param in the score.
> 
> Regards,
> Mauro
> 
> Il 2018-10-28 11:15 joachim heintz ha scritto:
> 
>> i expected -1 as p3 to create an 'infinite' long note.  in https://csound.com/docs/manual/i.html:
>> 
>> A negative value will initiate a held note (see also ihold). A negative value can also be used for 'always on' instruments like reverberation.
>> 
>> but obviously i was wrong, and the score line
>>     i 1 1 -1
>> terminates csound immediately after calling instrument 1, if nothing keeps csound running, like e 3600 or similar.
>> 
>>     joachim
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> On 27/10/18 16:32, Victor Lazzarini wrote:
>>> The thing is, the report was saying that if — then was behaving differently
>>> to if — goto and there was nothing there about Csound having
>>> to carry on for longer.  The if - then is behaving as expected.
>>> 
>>> The score behaves as I would expect. It issues 1 event for 1 sec and
>>> then closes csound. If there is no score, Csound continues on forever,
>>> or if there is an f z statement, or an e 10000 etc
>>> ========================
>>> Prof. Victor Lazzarini
>>> Dean of Arts, Celtic Studies, and Philosophy,
>>> Maynooth University,
>>> Maynooth, Co Kildare, Ireland
>>> Tel: 00 353 7086936
>>> Fax: 00 353 1 7086952
>>> 
>>>> On 27 Oct 2018, at 14:50, joachim heintz  wrote:
>>>> 
>>>> just to note that it works when i replace the score line by
>>>>     schedule 1, 1, -1
>>>> 
>>>> so it seems to be a score issue.
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> On 27/10/18 13:35, Victor Lazzarini wrote:
>>>>> Maybe this has been addressed in 6.12? Can't recall anything though.
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> Victor Lazzarini
>>>>> Dean of Arts, Celtic Studies, and Philosophy
>>>>> Maynooth University
>>>>> Ireland
>>>>> 
>>>>> On 27 Oct 2018, at 12:22, Michael Gogins >>>> > wrote:
>>>>> 
>>>>>> I forgot to mention my issue is for Csound 6.11 in the latest Debian
>>>>>> package.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> On Sat, Oct 27, 2018, 03:56 joachim heintz >>>>>  wrote:
>>>>>> 
>>>>>>    for me, for any -1 as p3 csound exits immediately with the message:
>>>>>>    Score finished in csoundPerformKsmps() with 2.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>>    this does happen in all cases:
>>>>>>    - nothing in the instrument at all except print
>>>>>>    - any if-condition which changes -1 to any positive number. (both if
>>>>>>    condition work for me but don't have any effect because of the exit.)
>>>>>> 
>>>>>>    this is with linux and csound develop from today.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>>            joachim
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 
>>>>>>    On 26/10/18 22:42, Victor Lazzarini wrote:
>>>>>>    > It works here as well.
>>>>>>    >
>>>>>>    >  new alloc for instr 1:
>>>>>>    > Replace p3 with a positive long value for indefinite notes.instr
>>>>>>    1:  p3 = 1.000
>>>>>>    > B  1.000 ..  2.000 T  2.000 TT  2.000 M:      0.0
>>>>>>    >
>>>>>>    > If I use i1 1 -1 I get
>>>>>>    >
>>>>>>    > new alloc for instr 1:
>>>>>>    > Replace p3 with a positive long value for indefinite notes.instr
>>>>>>    1:  p3 = 10000000.000
>>>>>>    >
>>>>>>    > ========================
>>>>>>    > Prof. Victor Lazzarini
>>>>>>    > Dean of Arts, Celtic Studies, and Philosophy,
>>>>>>    > Maynooth University,
>>>>>>    > Maynooth, Co Kildare, Ireland
>>>>>>    > Tel: 00 353 7086936
>>>>>>    > Fax: 00 353 1 7086952
>>>>>>    >
>>>>>>    >> On 26 Oct 2018, at 20:25, jpff >>>>>    > wrote:
>>>>>>    >>
>>>>>>    >> I see nohing wrong here.  Or did you mean p3 to be -1 in the
>>>>>>    score? Actually it works in that case as well.
>>>>>>    >>
>>>>>>    >>
>>>>>>    >>
>>>>>>    >> On Fri, 26 Oct 2018, Michael Gogins wrote:
>>>>>>    >>
>>>>>>    >>> The behavior of the "if" statement, or of comparisons between
>>>>>>    pfields
>>>>>>    >>> and other variables, appears to have changed recently.
>>>>>>    >>>
>>>>>>    >>> The following CSD file demonstrates the change in behavior.
>>>>>>    >>>
>>>>>>    >>> 
>>>>>>    >>> 
>>>>>>    >>> instr 1
>>>>>>    >>> prints "Replace p3 with a positive long value for indefinite
>>>>>>    notes."
>>>>>>    >>> ; This block does not work. It did used to work and is used in
>>>>>>    much of my code.
>>>>>>    >>> ;if p3 == -1 then
>>>>>>    >>> ;    p3 = 10000000
>>>>>>    >>> ;endif
>>>>>>    >>> ; This block does work.
>>>>>>    >>> if p3 != -1 goto non_indefinite
>>>>>>    >>>   p3 = 10000000
>>>>>>    >>> non_indefinite:
>>>>>>    >>>
>>>>>>    >>> print p3
>>>>>>    >>> endin
>>>>>>    >>> 
>>>>>>    >>> 
>>>>>>    >>> i 1 1 1
>>>>>>    >>> 
>>>>>>    >>> 
>>>>>>    >>>
>>>>>>    >>> -----------------------------------------------------
>>>>>>    >>> Michael Gogins
>>>>>>    >>> Irreducible Productions
>>>>>>    >>> http://michaelgogins.tumblr.com
>>>>>>    >>> Michael dot Gogins at gmail dot com
>>>>>>   

This is nothing to do with setting p3 to -1, but with Csound closing. Just add a f 0 z and you
will see the infinite long note.
========================
Prof. Victor Lazzarini
Dean of Arts, Celtic Studies, and Philosophy,
Maynooth University,
Maynooth, Co Kildare, Ireland
Tel: 00 353 7086936
Fax: 00 353 1 7086952 

> On 28 Oct 2018, at 10:15, joachim heintz  wrote:
> 
> i expected -1 as p3 to create an 'infinite' long note.  in https://csound.com/docs/manual/i.html:
> 
> A negative value will initiate a held note (see also ihold). A negative value can also be used for 'always on' instruments like reverberation.
> 
> but obviously i was wrong, and the score line
> 	i 1 1 -1
> terminates csound immediately after calling instrument 1, if nothing keeps csound running, like e 3600 or similar.
> 
> 	joachim
> 
> 
> 
> On 27/10/18 16:32, Victor Lazzarini wrote:
>> The thing is, the report was saying that if — then was behaving differently
>> to if — goto and there was nothing there about Csound having
>> to carry on for longer.  The if - then is behaving as expected.
>> 
>> The score behaves as I would expect. It issues 1 event for 1 sec and
>> then closes csound. If there is no score, Csound continues on forever,
>> or if there is an f z statement, or an e 10000 etc
>> ========================
>> Prof. Victor Lazzarini
>> Dean of Arts, Celtic Studies, and Philosophy,
>> Maynooth University,
>> Maynooth, Co Kildare, Ireland
>> Tel: 00 353 7086936
>> Fax: 00 353 1 7086952
>> 
>>> On 27 Oct 2018, at 14:50, joachim heintz  wrote:
>>> 
>>> just to note that it works when i replace the score line by
>>> 	schedule 1, 1, -1
>>> 
>>> so it seems to be a score issue.
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> On 27/10/18 13:35, Victor Lazzarini wrote:
>>>> Maybe this has been addressed in 6.12? Can't recall anything though.
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> Victor Lazzarini
>>>> Dean of Arts, Celtic Studies, and Philosophy
>>>> Maynooth University
>>>> Ireland
>>>> 
>>>> On 27 Oct 2018, at 12:22, Michael Gogins >>> > wrote:
>>>> 
>>>>> I forgot to mention my issue is for Csound 6.11 in the latest Debian
>>>>> package.
>>>>> 
>>>>> On Sat, Oct 27, 2018, 03:56 joachim heintz >>>>  wrote:
>>>>> 
>>>>>   for me, for any -1 as p3 csound exits immediately with the message:
>>>>>   Score finished in csoundPerformKsmps() with 2.
>>>>> 
>>>>>   this does happen in all cases:
>>>>>   - nothing in the instrument at all except print
>>>>>   - any if-condition which changes -1 to any positive number. (both if
>>>>>   condition work for me but don't have any effect because of the exit.)
>>>>> 
>>>>>   this is with linux and csound develop from today.
>>>>> 
>>>>>           joachim
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>>   On 26/10/18 22:42, Victor Lazzarini wrote:
>>>>>   > It works here as well.
>>>>>   >
>>>>>   >  new alloc for instr 1:
>>>>>   > Replace p3 with a positive long value for indefinite notes.instr
>>>>>   1:  p3 = 1.000
>>>>>   > B  1.000 ..  2.000 T  2.000 TT  2.000 M:      0.0
>>>>>   >
>>>>>   > If I use i1 1 -1 I get
>>>>>   >
>>>>>   > new alloc for instr 1:
>>>>>   > Replace p3 with a positive long value for indefinite notes.instr
>>>>>   1:  p3 = 10000000.000
>>>>>   >
>>>>>   > ========================
>>>>>   > Prof. Victor Lazzarini
>>>>>   > Dean of Arts, Celtic Studies, and Philosophy,
>>>>>   > Maynooth University,
>>>>>   > Maynooth, Co Kildare, Ireland
>>>>>   > Tel: 00 353 7086936
>>>>>   > Fax: 00 353 1 7086952
>>>>>   >
>>>>>   >> On 26 Oct 2018, at 20:25, jpff >>>>   > wrote:
>>>>>   >>
>>>>>   >> I see nohing wrong here.  Or did you mean p3 to be -1 in the
>>>>>   score? Actually it works in that case as well.
>>>>>   >>
>>>>>   >>
>>>>>   >>
>>>>>   >> On Fri, 26 Oct 2018, Michael Gogins wrote:
>>>>>   >>
>>>>>   >>> The behavior of the "if" statement, or of comparisons between
>>>>>   pfields
>>>>>   >>> and other variables, appears to have changed recently.
>>>>>   >>>
>>>>>   >>> The following CSD file demonstrates the change in behavior.
>>>>>   >>>
>>>>>   >>> 
>>>>>   >>> 
>>>>>   >>> instr 1
>>>>>   >>> prints "Replace p3 with a positive long value for indefinite
>>>>>   notes."
>>>>>   >>> ; This block does not work. It did used to work and is used in
>>>>>   much of my code.
>>>>>   >>> ;if p3 == -1 then
>>>>>   >>> ;    p3 = 10000000
>>>>>   >>> ;endif
>>>>>   >>> ; This block does work.
>>>>>   >>> if p3 != -1 goto non_indefinite
>>>>>   >>>   p3 = 10000000
>>>>>   >>> non_indefinite:
>>>>>   >>>
>>>>>   >>> print p3
>>>>>   >>> endin
>>>>>   >>> 
>>>>>   >>> 
>>>>>   >>> i 1 1 1
>>>>>   >>> 
>>>>>   >>> 
>>>>>   >>>
>>>>>   >>> -----------------------------------------------------
>>>>>   >>> Michael Gogins
>>>>>   >>> Irreducible Productions
>>>>>   >>> http://michaelgogins.tumblr.com
>>>>>   >>> Michael dot Gogins at gmail dot com
>>>>>   >>>
>>>>>   >

Another option is to use --daemon which will leave Csound running as a
server and continue to render until explicitly exited.
On Sun, Oct 28, 2018 at 4:51 PM Victor Lazzarini  wrote:
>
> if you add this to score
>
> f 0 z
>
> it does.
>
> There is no bug, you are asking the instrument to hold, but Csound will stop playing after the
> score elapses (i1 1 1).
>
> If you set p3 to -1, it will hold, as long as Csound is open.
>
> ========================
> Prof. Victor Lazzarini
> Dean of Arts, Celtic Studies, and Philosophy,
> Maynooth University,
> Maynooth, Co Kildare, Ireland
> Tel: 00 353 7086936
> Fax: 00 353 1 7086952
>
> > On 28 Oct 2018, at 12:38, Mauro Giubileo  wrote:
> >
> > That's could be a bug... I tried this too and doesn't work:
> >
> > 
> >
> > 
> > -odac -d
> > 
> > 
> >
> > sr = 44100
> > ksmps = 32
> > nchnls = 2
> > 0dbfs  = 1
> > instr 1
> >
> >  aout oscili 0.5, 440
> >       ihold
> >       outs   aout, aout
> >
> > endin
> >
> > 
> > 
> > i1 1 1
> > 
> > "ihold" should make the note become "held", but instead the performance stops immediately after the instrument start. The same thing happens if you use "-1" for the P3 param in the score.
> >
> > Regards,
> > Mauro
> >
> > Il 2018-10-28 11:15 joachim heintz ha scritto:
> >
> >> i expected -1 as p3 to create an 'infinite' long note.  in https://csound.com/docs/manual/i.html:
> >>
> >> A negative value will initiate a held note (see also ihold). A negative value can also be used for 'always on' instruments like reverberation.
> >>
> >> but obviously i was wrong, and the score line
> >>     i 1 1 -1
> >> terminates csound immediately after calling instrument 1, if nothing keeps csound running, like e 3600 or similar.
> >>
> >>     joachim
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> On 27/10/18 16:32, Victor Lazzarini wrote:
> >>> The thing is, the report was saying that if — then was behaving differently
> >>> to if — goto and there was nothing there about Csound having
> >>> to carry on for longer.  The if - then is behaving as expected.
> >>>
> >>> The score behaves as I would expect. It issues 1 event for 1 sec and
> >>> then closes csound. If there is no score, Csound continues on forever,
> >>> or if there is an f z statement, or an e 10000 etc
> >>> ========================
> >>> Prof. Victor Lazzarini
> >>> Dean of Arts, Celtic Studies, and Philosophy,
> >>> Maynooth University,
> >>> Maynooth, Co Kildare, Ireland
> >>> Tel: 00 353 7086936
> >>> Fax: 00 353 1 7086952
> >>>
> >>>> On 27 Oct 2018, at 14:50, joachim heintz  wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>> just to note that it works when i replace the score line by
> >>>>     schedule 1, 1, -1
> >>>>
> >>>> so it seems to be a score issue.
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> On 27/10/18 13:35, Victor Lazzarini wrote:
> >>>>> Maybe this has been addressed in 6.12? Can't recall anything though.
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Victor Lazzarini
> >>>>> Dean of Arts, Celtic Studies, and Philosophy
> >>>>> Maynooth University
> >>>>> Ireland
> >>>>>
> >>>>> On 27 Oct 2018, at 12:22, Michael Gogins  >>>>> > wrote:
> >>>>>
> >>>>>> I forgot to mention my issue is for Csound 6.11 in the latest Debian
> >>>>>> package.
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> On Sat, Oct 27, 2018, 03:56 joachim heintz  >>>>>>  wrote:
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>    for me, for any -1 as p3 csound exits immediately with the message:
> >>>>>>    Score finished in csoundPerformKsmps() with 2.
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>    this does happen in all cases:
> >>>>>>    - nothing in the instrument at all except print
> >>>>>>    - any if-condition which changes -1 to any positive number. (both if
> >>>>>>    condition work for me but don't have any effect because of the exit.)
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>    this is with linux and csound develop from today.
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>            joachim
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>    On 26/10/18 22:42, Victor Lazzarini wrote:
> >>>>>>    > It works here as well.
> >>>>>>    >
> >>>>>>    >  new alloc for instr 1:
> >>>>>>    > Replace p3 with a positive long value for indefinite notes.instr
> >>>>>>    1:  p3 = 1.000
> >>>>>>    > B  1.000 ..  2.000 T  2.000 TT  2.000 M:      0.0
> >>>>>>    >
> >>>>>>    > If I use i1 1 -1 I get
> >>>>>>    >
> >>>>>>    > new alloc for instr 1:
> >>>>>>    > Replace p3 with a positive long value for indefinite notes.instr
> >>>>>>    1:  p3 = 10000000.000
> >>>>>>    >
> >>>>>>    > ========================
> >>>>>>    > Prof. Victor Lazzarini
> >>>>>>    > Dean of Arts, Celtic Studies, and Philosophy,
> >>>>>>    > Maynooth University,
> >>>>>>    > Maynooth, Co Kildare, Ireland
> >>>>>>    > Tel: 00 353 7086936
> >>>>>>    > Fax: 00 353 1 7086952
> >>>>>>    >
> >>>>>>    >> On 26 Oct 2018, at 20:25, jpff  >>>>>>    > wrote:
> >>>>>>    >>
> >>>>>>    >> I see nohing wrong here.  Or did you mean p3 to be -1 in the
> >>>>>>    score? Actually it works in that case as well.
> >>>>>>    >>
> >>>>>>    >>
> >>>>>>    >>
> >>>>>>    >> On Fri, 26 Oct 2018, Michael Gogins wrote:
> >>>>>>    >>
> >>>>>>    >>> The behavior of the "if" statement, or of comparisons between
> >>>>>>    pfields
> >>>>>>    >>> and other variables, appears to have changed recently.
> >>>>>>    >>>
> >>>>>>    >>> The following CSD file demonstrates the change in behavior.
> >>>>>>    >>>
> >>>>>>    >>> 
> >>>>>>    >>> 
> >>>>>>    >>> instr 1
> >>>>>>    >>> prints "Replace p3 with a positive long value for indefinite
> >>>>>>    notes."
> >>>>>>    >>> ; This block does not work. It did used to work and is used in
> >>>>>>    much of my code.
> >>>>>>    >>> ;if p3 == -1 then
> >>>>>>    >>> ;    p3 = 10000000
> >>>>>>    >>> ;endif
> >>>>>>    >>> ; This block does work.
> >>>>>>    >>> if p3 != -1 goto non_indefinite
> >>>>>>    >>>   p3 = 10000000
> >>>>>>    >>> non_indefinite:
> >>>>>>    >>>
> >>>>>>    >>> print p3
> >>>>>>    >>> endin
> >>>>>>    >>> 
> >>>>>>    >>> 
> >>>>>>    >>> i 1 1 1
> >>>>>>    >>> 
> >>>>>>    >>> 
> >>>>>>    >>>
> >>>>>>    >>> -----------------------------------------------------
> >>>>>>    >>> Michael Gogins
> >>>>>>    >>> Irreducible Productions
> >>>>>>    >>> http://michaelgogins.tumblr.com
> >>>>>>    >>> Michael dot Gogins at gmail dot com
> >>>>>>    >>>
> >>>>>>    >

That's good to know. Thanks for the explanation!

Regards,
Mauro

Il 2018-10-28 21:51 Victor Lazzarini ha scritto:

if you add this to score

f 0 z

it does.

There is no bug, you are asking the instrument to hold, but Csound will stop playing after the
score elapses (i1 1 1).

If you set p3 to -1, it will hold, as long as Csound is open.

========================
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Dean of Arts, Celtic Studies, and Philosophy,
Maynooth University,
Maynooth, Co Kildare, Ireland
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On 28 Oct 2018, at 12:38, Mauro Giubileo <mgiubileo@COMPUTERALTAFED.IT> wrote:

That's could be a bug... I tried this too and doesn't work:

<CsoundSynthesizer>

<CsOptions>
-odac -d
</CsOptions>
<CsInstruments>
 
sr = 44100
ksmps = 32
nchnls = 2
0dbfs  = 1
instr 1

 aout oscili 0.5, 440
      ihold
      outs   aout, aout

endin
 
</CsInstruments>
<CsScore>
i1 1 1
</CsScore>
"ihold" should make the note become "held", but instead the performance stops immediately after the instrument start. The same thing happens if you use "-1" for the P3 param in the score.

Regards,
Mauro

Il 2018-10-28 11:15 joachim heintz ha scritto:

i expected -1 as p3 to create an 'infinite' long note.  in https://csound.com/docs/manual/i.html:

A negative value will initiate a held note (see also ihold). A negative value can also be used for 'always on' instruments like reverberation.

but obviously i was wrong, and the score line
    i 1 1 -1
terminates csound immediately after calling instrument 1, if nothing keeps csound running, like e 3600 or similar.

    joachim



On 27/10/18 16:32, Victor Lazzarini wrote:

The thing is, the report was saying that if — then was behaving differently
to if — goto and there was nothing there about Csound having
to carry on for longer.  The if - then is behaving as expected.

The score behaves as I would expect. It issues 1 event for 1 sec and
then closes csound. If there is no score, Csound continues on forever,
or if there is an f z statement, or an e 10000 etc
========================
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Dean of Arts, Celtic Studies, and Philosophy,
Maynooth University,
Maynooth, Co Kildare, Ireland
Tel: 00 353 7086936
Fax: 00 353 1 7086952

On 27 Oct 2018, at 14:50, joachim heintz <jh@joachimheintz.de> wrote:

just to note that it works when i replace the score line by
    schedule 1, 1, -1

so it seems to be a score issue.



On 27/10/18 13:35, Victor Lazzarini wrote:

Maybe this has been addressed in 6.12? Can't recall anything though.


Victor Lazzarini
Dean of Arts, Celtic Studies, and Philosophy
Maynooth University
Ireland

On 27 Oct 2018, at 12:22, Michael Gogins <michael.gogins@GMAIL.COM
<mailto:michael.gogins@GMAIL.COM>> wrote:

I forgot to mention my issue is for Csound 6.11 in the latest Debian
package.

On Sat, Oct 27, 2018, 03:56 joachim heintz <jh@joachimheintz.de
<mailto:jh@joachimheintz.de> wrote:

   for me, for any -1 as p3 csound exits immediately with the message:
   Score finished in csoundPerformKsmps() with 2.

   this does happen in all cases:
   - nothing in the instrument at all except print
   - any if-condition which changes -1 to any positive number. (both if
   condition work for me but don't have any effect because of the exit.)

   this is with linux and csound develop from today.

           joachim


   On 26/10/18 22:42, Victor Lazzarini wrote:
   > It works here as well.
   >
   >  new alloc for instr 1:
   > Replace p3 with a positive long value for indefinite notes.instr
   1:  p3 = 1.000
   > B  1.000 ..  2.000 T  2.000 TT  2.000 M:      0.0
   >
   > If I use i1 1 -1 I get
   >
   > new alloc for instr 1:
   > Replace p3 with a positive long value for indefinite notes.instr
   1:  p3 = 10000000.000
   >
   > ========================
   > Prof. Victor Lazzarini
   > Dean of Arts, Celtic Studies, and Philosophy,
   > Maynooth University,
   > Maynooth, Co Kildare, Ireland
   > Tel: 00 353 7086936
   > Fax: 00 353 1 7086952
   >
   >> On 26 Oct 2018, at 20:25, jpff <jpff@codemist.co.uk
   <mailto:jpff@codemist.co.uk>> wrote:
   >>
   >> I see nohing wrong here.  Or did you mean p3 to be -1 in the
   score? Actually it works in that case as well.
   >>
   >>
   >>
   >> On Fri, 26 Oct 2018, Michael Gogins wrote:
   >>
   >>> The behavior of the "if" statement, or of comparisons between
   pfields
   >>> and other variables, appears to have changed recently.
   >>>
   >>> The following CSD file demonstrates the change in behavior.
   >>>
   >>> <CsoundSynthesizer>
   >>> <CsInstruments>
   >>> instr 1
   >>> prints "Replace p3 with a positive long value for indefinite
   notes."
   >>> ; This block does not work. It did used to work and is used in
   much of my code.
   >>> ;if p3 == -1 then
   >>> ;    p3 = 10000000
   >>> ;endif
   >>> ; This block does work.
   >>> if p3 != -1 goto non_indefinite
   >>>   p3 = 10000000
   >>> non_indefinite:
   >>>
   >>> print p3
   >>> endin
   >>> </CsInstruments>
   >>> <CsScore>
   >>> i 1 1 1
   >>> </CsScore>
   >>> </CsoundSynthesizer>
   >>>
   >>> -----------------------------------------------------
   >>> Michael Gogins
   >>> Irreducible Productions
   >>> http://michaelgogins.tumblr.com
   >>> Michael dot Gogins at gmail dot com
   >>>
   >