New to programming - weird error in Xcode

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  1. MoodyM, Apr 27, 2010

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    I'm learning C++ at at Uni, part time, and I'm using Xcode 3.2.2 at home on my Mac.

    I'm working through some basic example, and my code runs fine when I click buiild & go, but if I then change the code (to do the next example, etc), and click build & go again, I get the following error:

    "Internal Error

    File: /SourceCache/DevToolsBase/DevToolsBase-1648/XcodeFoundation/Logging/XCActivityLogMessage.m
    Line: 120
    Object: <XCBuildLogWarningMessage:0x2005a6300>
    Method: _setSupersection:

    section was already set to <XCBuildLogCommandInvocationSection:0x201031bc0:43:title='Compile /Volumes/USB STICK/Dropbox/UWS/Introduction To Programming/Practice Code/C++ From The Ground Up/2_MyProg/main.cpp'>; expected it to be nil"

    Screenshot:

    http://yfrog.com/jqscreenshot20100427at121p

    I tried completely removing Xcode and reinstalling, didn't help.

    Thanks!
     
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  2. whooleytoo, Apr 27, 2010

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    No idea what the problem is - but I did notice you seem to be opening the project from a USB drive, have you tried copying the project to your hard drive and trying again?

    (I've no idea why that might help, but it's a little better than "have you tried hitting it" or "try turning it off and on again" :) ).
     
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  3. MoodyM, Apr 27, 2010

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    Yes, same problem running from hard drive.

    Tried on iMac and MacBook, same problem. Tried Xcode 3.2.3, same problem.

    Also I should have added two things:

    1) it's not always the second time I try run it that this happens, sometimes I can amend the code and re-run fine, and I get the error maybe 4th or 5th time I click Build & Go.

    2) if I click Continue at the error message, the code compiles & runs just fine
     
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  4. whooleytoo, Apr 27, 2010

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    I'm not sure what it is. Are any of the files/folders locked?

    I'm not surprised the build works fine afterwards, it looks more like a harmless debug assert than a troublesome error.
     
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  5. MoodyM, Apr 27, 2010

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    I don't think anything's locked.

    It's now happening every time I Build & Go, but what I've noticed that the error dialog pops up twice. The first time it says:

    Object: <XCBuildLogWarningMessage:0x2005c21a0>

    If I click Continue, I get the same error dialog, but Object has changed to:

    Object: <XCBuildLogWarningMessage:0x200670360>

    Only ONE other person on Google seems to have this error, also from April 2010, and they seem to be on 10.6.3 too, but their files seem to just be in their Documents folder. No solution from them either
     
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  6. mkawick, May 23, 2010

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    I have exactly the same error

    A few things that I've noticed.

    To arrive in this state, I must have a compile error of some sort.
    Now, when I rebuild I get two dialogs each warning me with the text that the previous posted listed.
    Everytime I rebuild, errors or not, I get the same sequence.
    If I eliminate the compile bugs, clean, and rebuild there is no error.
    If I click cancel, XCode crashes and exits.

    This is such a serious error, that I've started using Visual Studio on Windows to build my software. I have lost all productivity in XCode.
     
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  7. zophtx, May 24, 2010

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    2¢ retrieved
     
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  8. lloyddean, May 24, 2010

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    I've built many commercial game, educational and music titles consisting of thousands of C++ source files under Xcode with very few problems.

    Your opinion is just that, your opinion - and has no basis in fact.

    Please retrieve your 2¢.
     
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  9. lee1210, May 24, 2010

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    Have you guys reported these errors to apple? Their devs are only human, too. Giving them an error report might just help them fix this.

    -Lee
     
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  10. Bill McEnaney, May 24, 2010

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    I don't know what's wrong. But I do know that you can compile a C++ program at a command prompt.
     
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  11. lucaseve, Jun 18, 2010

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    Yes they are human beings and, as such, quite lazy.
    There are problems in xCode they never cared to fix/solve.
    I develop software for Mac since 1987 and is disappointing to say that Visual Studio is so much better than xCode.
    I really miss CodeWariorr...
     
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  12. lucaseve, Jun 18, 2010

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    Workaround

    Looking at the assert description it seems is something related to compilation warning message logging.

    Quickly analyzing the type of warnings I found a workaround that works, at least in my situation.

    Just set the compiler version to GCC 4.0 in project configuration.

    If you must use 4.2 then, perhaps, fiddling with warnings and or compilation configurations may help.

    Bye

    Luca
     
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  13. dejo, Jun 18, 2010

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    Is Visual Studio not developed by human beings as well? ;)
     
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