List of PAW known bugs


This page gives the list of PAW bugs encountered in the various PAW versions. In each bug report you will find :
  1. The PAW version in which the bug has been found.
  2. A Description of the bug.
  3. The PAW related package (and its version) in which the bug is fixed. To check the version of the PAW related packages you are using, start PAW and type the command VERSION.
  4. If possible, a Workaround to bypass the problem in the currently available PAW module.
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List of bugs in PAW version 2.06/20

NT/PROJ on empty ntuples
Variables names in COMIS
Computation of the errors for profile histograms
Arc with PostScript
Wrong interpretation of brackets in COMIS print expression like (1+1)
HRENID
$UNQUOTE
PMARKER


List of bugs in PAW version 2.07/22

Row Wise Ntuple memory caching doesn't work
MASK/FILE doesn't work
NT/READ and formats with /
Access to ntuple variables in COMIS
FUN/PLOT and LOG10
HI/LI on global sections
FUN/PLOT with long name
FUN/PLOT and pre-compiled COMIS functions
Fitting panel in PAW++
User title
NT/PLOT followed by H/PLOT id
NT/SCAN on VAX
Locator on NT/PLOT
Contour with constant histograms
Chains with PIAF
HROUT with option 'NT'
Compiled Fortran functions with PIAF
Option 'S' in NT/SCAN
Option 'G' in NT/SCAN
NT/SCAN crashes on HPUX
Current working directory after NT/PLOT
$CUT and $CUTEXPAND
Statistic box on ntuple plots produced with chains
() in UWFUNC generated functions
Ntuple logical variables on Alpha OSF
Implicit integer on Solaris
FORTRAN file extensions
file name with double quote on PIAF
NT/SCAN expressions containing ','
Array Bounds Error on PIAF
Power of constants in ntuple commands


List of bugs in PAW version 2.08/14

end if statement in COMIS
HDIFF:Kolmogoroff probability can become very large.
FUN/PLOT with COMIS functions
GRESET
Floating point classify routines
VECTOR/LIST output
WAIT command used before a command with a list'' parameter
NT/PRINT On Alpha OSF
FUN/DRAW
FUN/PLOT and LOGX
ICHEVT is not correct during chain analysis
$CUT with undefined cut
HPLOT error message when HI/FIT is used with option U
Problem with the file comis.inc
UNFUNC=Constant in FUN/PLOT
Memory problem with COMIS
GCUT on one variable expressions
Wrong default value for the V/WRITE format
~ in PI/PRINT file names
VECTOR/READ in free FORMAT
NT/SCAN on LINUX
NT/DUP, HNTDUP token error
KUIP command MULTI_PANEL (kuipPalette widget) in Paw++
HQUAD and big ntuples.
VECTOR/WRITE Limitation
File names in HMERGE
HI/FIT and ADD
I/O problem with COMIS
Clipping problem after H/PLOT
Bit packing in CWN


List of bugs in PAW version 2.09/18

ELLIPSE command
GET_VECT/ABSCISSA command
Math functions in COMIS routines
Fill patterns and PS output
FCOL and option A in H/PLOT
Bug in integer profile histos
2D histograms (with MIN and projections) plotting
Option P in UWFUNC
Exchange mode in RZ/MAKE
Axis title position changed with TSIZ
$SIGMA on NT
MATCH parameter in NT/READ
Filling patterns with PostScript
Error in token with HMERGE
REAL*8 in CWN
REAL*8 in CWN (2)


List of bugs in PAW version 2.10/09

Option "S" in GCUT command
$HINFO on NT
PAW and X11 emulator
Number of colours in a palette
Closed ellipse drawing
Wrong result with VECTOR/COPY


List of bugs in PAW version 2.11/13

File name length in VECTOR/READ and VECTOR/WRITE
Read with format A on NT
Long file names NT/CHAIN
Fitting panel in Paw++
Parameters used to describe color and filling of FUN/PLOT
System function $FEXIST
Wrong ntuple identifier in routines generated by HUWFUN
Problem with LOGY option on SGI
Axis titles on 3D plots
HIGZ window in attached to an external X11 window
Some rounding problems on IEEE machines
ld option for dynamic loading on SGI
Problems with dynamic linking on SunOS
Wrong RMS on SGI, HPUX, DEC/OSF and Solaris
Problem with REAL limits of indices in a DO loop
8-digit histogram identifiers in PAW


List of bugs in PAW version 2.12/22

$SIGMA error in loop with more than 999 cycles
COMIS problem with the operator ** on DecOSF
Character variables in CWN
Number of entries returned by HNOENT
Option S in the command NT/PLOT
Sharing memory between processes
Histogram plot clipping
HLABEL in a loop
Error bars with filling option ('3')
The SYMBOL command does not work with the HIGZ option ZFL
"Length 1" vectors


List of bugs in PAW version 2.13/08

"Memory fault" when PAW is executed from a CGI script
HIGZ PostScript files and CUPS
GRESET
2d graphics representation and minimum value of 2D histogram in log scale along Z
Axis label on 3D ntuples plots
TXAL 13 broken on Postscript output
COMIS compiled function returned wrong value


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