[ODE] dWoldStep slowdown

[John Miles]

It could be worthwhile to implement a denormal/NaN/Inf check on geom/body
positions every frame.  Any object with bogus floating-point values would be
reported to the app via a callback, where it could be flagged for
correction, debugging, or deletion.

Maybe dGeomSetInvalidPositionCallback() or something like that...

-- jm


> -----Original Message-----
> From: ode-bounces at q12.org [mailto:ode-bounces at q12.org]On Behalf Of Jon
> Watte (ODE)
> Sent: Sunday, June 11, 2006 9:04 PM
> To: LR
> Cc: ode at q12.org
> Subject: Re: [ODE] dWoldStep slowdown
>
>
>
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> LR wrote:
> > Do you think it's a float problem ? Double should resolve it ?
> When i look a
> > my first body position (after the first dWoldStep slow down)
> x=y=z=nand ....
>
> That's your problem right there. Figure out why that's happening, and
> cure it. Add a bunch of asserts in lots of places, and figure out why
> something goes NaN.
>
> Anything that's not a regular float (say, a NaN, Inf or denormal) will
> slow down the FPU significantly, as it's an "exceptional case."
>
> Cheers,
>
> 			/ h+
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