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Bug 576371 - Unresponsive during expensive computations e.g. exponentials
Unresponsive during expensive computations e.g. exponentials
Status: RESOLVED OBSOLETE
Product: gnome-calculator
Classification: Core
Component: general
5.26.x
Other All
: Normal normal
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Assigned To: gcalctool maintainers
gcalctool maintainers
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
 
Reported: 2009-03-23 10:13 UTC by Robert Ancell
Modified: 2016-01-27 17:18 UTC
See Also:
GNOME target: ---
GNOME version: 2.25/2.26


Description Robert Ancell 2009-03-23 10:13:03 UTC 
GCalctool locks up during expensive calculations, e.g. "64^33554432=".  It should display an icon showing it is calculating this value and be able to abort the calculation.
Comment 1 Robert Ancell 2009-03-23 10:25:11 UTC 
Reported in Ubuntu:
https://bugs.launchpad.net/gcalctool/+bug/347089
Comment 2 Robin Sonefors (ozamosi) 2010-10-13 07:51:52 UTC 
An initial version is added in 36c10ea7..52ec4a6e

It still doesn't allow you to abort the calculation, but the UI stays responsive so you can use your window manager to close the calculator.
Comment 3 Gopal Krishnan 2012-03-28 00:04:26 UTC 
Isn't this normal given the amount of computations that have to be done a machine in order to get this answer? Eg in Java on my machine if I try a similar entry in simple Calculator it will take a bit of time due to the steps it has to take to get to that result.
Comment 4 Robert Ancell 2012-03-28 03:04:58 UTC 
Gopal, the calculation should take time, however the UI should still work, i.e. you can click buttons, close the app etc.  A spinner should show that the calculation is in progress.
Comment 5 Gopal Krishnan 2012-03-28 03:15:31 UTC 
Do you mean something similar to how android or iOS does it with the loading sign?
Comment 6 Robert Ancell 2012-03-28 03:18:55 UTC 
I'm not familiar with the calculators you refer to but probably yes.
Comment 7 Alberto Ruiz 2016-01-27 17:18:51 UTC 
I can't reproduce UI blocks on math operations anymore.