Glowscript 3.1 and 3.2 bug

[Kevin Goldstein]

I seem to be getting a strange bug with functions involving vectors with Glowscript 3.1 and 3.2 

See this code

https://www.glowscript.org/#/user/Kevin_Goldstein_/folder/MyPrograms/program/DotProduct

In the code, the function involving vectors produces the output

[object Promise]

when printed.

If I run the same code under  Glowscript 3.0 

https://www.glowscript.org/#/user/Kevin_Goldstein_/folder/MyPrograms/program/DotProduct(3.0)

I get the expected output, so this seems to be a Glowscript 3.1 and 3.2 issue.

[Joe Heafner]

Note that dot() is already defined internally. Do you get the same error if you don’t try redefining it?

Joe Heafner

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On Sep 22, 2022, at 03:17, Kevin Goldstein <parkto...@gmail.com> wrote:

I seem to be getting a strange bug with functions involving vectors with Glowscript 3.1 and 3.2 

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[Kevin Goldstein]

Great - thank you - I hadn't realised that dot was internally implemented.
If I call the function something else, the error disappears.

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[Joe Heafner]

Excellent. The Help facility documents pre-existing functions such as dot() and cross().

Joe Heafner
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> On Sep 22, 2022, at 06:49, Kevin Goldstein <Kevin.G...@wits.ac.za> wrote:
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> Great - thank you - I hadn't realised that dot was internally implemented.

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[Bruce Sherwood]

In most cases it's fine to redefine a function, but the vector dot() function is used internally as well as being available externally.

Bruce