Talk:XanderFramework

A ran a new test tonight on static data handling. Tonight it appears as though static variables are not shared -- as if each robot runs on it's own JVM. This is fascinating, as I sware I have had problems with this before, and I even ran a test not that long ago that seemed to confirm the issue. I will need to do more testing to fully understand what is going on. Maybe it was an issue for an older version of Robocode. Not sure. I will have to run more tests. Skotty 05:10, 2 June 2011 (UTC)

I suppose it's time to dig deeper into Java class loading. Not something I've ever had to dig too deep into in the past, but Robocode seems to be doing some strange things with it, presumably to isolate robots from each other. Again, I can sware I've seen static variable sharing problems before. The last version of Robocode I used before 1.7.x was 1.1.3 -- could that particular version have had some bugs related to this? (note: I tried version 1.0.7 and couldn't duplicate the issue; version 1.1.3 is not available for download, and I no longer have a copy of it on my system to try). If indeed Robocode manages to completely sandbox every robot, it would seem I have wasted a lot of time working on a problem that doesn't really exist. Robocode informational pages should state this upfront, as it is atypical behavior for a Java-based system. Skotty 06:21, 2 June 2011 (UTC)