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Port of MicroPython for the BBC micro:bit
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feature/bug with button_a.get_presses() / button_a.was_pressed() #541

Open rhubarbdog opened 6 years ago

rhubarbdog commented 6 years ago

I achieve REPL using the program screen. When I break into a program by pressing control-C i have the option of giving my microbit a soft reboot by pressing control-D. the following 2 programs display behavior that i think is a bug using either of these listings and follow these steps to reproduce it.

getpresses.py.txt waspressed.py.txt

flash and execute the script of choice start REPL typing screen /dev/ttyACM0 115200 press control-C to break the program and get a >>> python prompt press button A one or more times press control-D to soft reboot the microbit

The button_a.was_pressed() / button_a.get_pressses() code executes

surely not when a microbit has had a soft reboot, the was_pressed() method should return False and get_presses() should return 0

dpgeorge commented 6 years ago

was_pressed() and get_pressed() are independent, so calling one does not clear the state of the other. Their state is also retained after a soft reboot (ctrl-D), as is the state of the display and some other internal things.

So if you execute a program that uses just was_pressed() and press the button a lot, then do a soft reboot and execute a different program that uses just get_pressed() (or vice versa) it will report all of the queued up button presses from before the soft reboot.