Difference between running continuously and While loop

[billko]

I guess the it all comes down to:

The "Run Continuously" button is an IDE feature and shouldn't be used as an actual coding strategy.  Same as the "Pause" and "Highlight Execution" buttons.  (And the breakpoint.)

[kuashio]

It's just a personal preference. Maybe C prople are more verbose on this.

[billko]

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@kuashio wrote:

It's just a personal preference. Maybe C prople are more verbose on this.

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It's NOT a personal preference.  There are real differences between the two.  Please read the whole topic.

[kuashio]

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[kuashio]

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@billko  ha escrito:

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@kuashio wrote:

It's just a personal preference. Maybe C prople are more verbose on this.

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It's NOT a personal preference.  There are real differences between the two.  Please read the whole topic.

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This forum is a bit tricky: Every comment goes as an answer to the original question. I was talking about the 0x hex thing. Take it easy 🙂 

[billko]

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@kuashio wrote:

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@billko  ha escrito:

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@kuashio wrote:

It's just a personal preference. Maybe C prople are more verbose on this.

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It's NOT a personal preference.  There are real differences between the two.  Please read the whole topic.

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This forum is a bit tricky: Every comment goes as an answer to the original question. I was talking about the 0x hex thing. Take it easy 🙂 

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LOL 😄

[RavensFan]

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@kuashio wrote:

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This forum is a bit tricky: Every comment goes as an answer to the original question. I was talking about the 0x hex thing. Take it easy 🙂 

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No.  Every answer just goes to the end of the thread.  There is no direct connection to the first or any later reply.  If you aren't replying to the previous message where it is obvious in the flow of the thread what you are talking about, then use the quote button to add the text from the message you are replying to.  Edit the quote if necessary to eliminate parts of the message are irrelevant.

[kuashio]

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No.  Every answer just goes to the end of the thread.  There is no direct connection to the first or any later reply.  If you aren't replying to the previous message where it is obvious in the flow of the thread what you are talking about, then use the quote button to add the text from the message you are replying to.  Edit the quote if necessary to eliminate parts of the message are irrelevant.

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Sure. Thanks, you rock.

[JÞB]

So, I'll add some more.

Let's start with this exercise: 

• Create a new blank vi.
• Create two numeric controls X and Y and a STOP Button
• Create numeric indicator X+Y
• On the block Diagram drop an ADD primitive and wire it up the obvious way
• Let's also insert a Slall Dataflow.vim on any wire and create a 500msec constant (no need to burn a CPU core here)
• Now the tricky part... CTRL+I to launch the VI Properties Dialog Execution page CHECK the box  "Clear Indicators when called" and press Apply

I just heard a whole lot of eyelids snapping open!  Watch the indicator while you run continuously and adjust X and Y.  The math looks a bit off doesn't it? 

Go ahead and drop the while loop and wire up the STOP button. 

Run the vi.  Hallelujah 2+2=4 again!

[JÞB]

That should have demonstrated that there is a lot more involved in call setup than you expected in a safe but, observable situation.   The involkng of the clear indicators method, if enabled, is only 1 of many differences between run continuously and running a loop.