Composer not switching scene memory contexts properly

Solar2D Composer
1

This is some very strange behavior I’m seeing. 

timer.performWithDelay() is calling a function in the previous scene that has the same name as a function in the _current _scene.

Repro steps:

  1. Create two scenes, scene  A (the default scene) and scene  B
  2. Add a lua function that has the same name to both scenes
  3. In scene  A , use timer.performWithDelay() in show() to call the function at some interval with infinite iterations. Be sure to remove the timer in hide().
  4. In scene  B , use timer.performWithDelay() in show() to call scene  B’s version of the function at some interval with infinite iterations.
  5. When scene  B tries to call the function,  it calls the function in scene A   instead of calling its own version. It seems like composer hasn’t switched memory contexts yet or something.

Is this a bug (know or not), or the intended behavior of composer?

2

Composer doesn’t clean up timers for you, so it’s possible that the timer started in scene A is still running, and therefore calling the function at it’s completion. Have you added print statements to determine which _ specific _ function is being called when a timer is completed?

3

Are both functions with the same name or global?

Are you cancelling the timer in the “will” phase or the “did” phase of hide?

Rob

4

Composer doesn’t clean up timers for you, so it’s possible that the timer started in scene A is still running, and therefore calling the function at it’s completion. Have you added print statements to determine which _ specific _ function is being called when a timer is completed?

5

Are both functions with the same name or global?

Are you cancelling the timer in the “will” phase or the “did” phase of hide?

Rob