Issue with Windows

[awietek]

Dear developers,

This is my first time using XDiag. While working with the Julia version and running the example code, I encountered the following error. I would like to ask if you have encountered a similar issue before, and if you could kindly provide any suggestions for resolving it.
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julia> using XDiag

julia> say_hello()
_____ __ ______ .-./) ____ .-_'''-. \ _\ / / | _ ''. \ .-.') .' __ . '_( )_ \ .-./ ). / ' | _ | ) _ \/ -' / ' \ |(_ o )| '
\ ' .') .' |( ''' ) | -'"|___| / |. (_,_)/___| (_ (_) _) ' | . (_) . | .---. .- || | .-----. / \ \ |(_ ._) ' | | .' _ |' \ '- .'-'-' \ | (_.\.' / | | | _( )_ | \ -' | / / \ \ | .' | | \ (_ o _) / \ / '--' '----''-----' '---' '.(,).' `'-...-'

XDiag Version: 0.3.2
Git hash : a92014f
Directory : /workspace/srcdir/xdiag
Hostname : amdci7.julia.csail.mit.edu
Compiled by : root

julia> N = 16
16

julia> nup = N ÷ 2
8

julia> block = Spinhalf(N, nup)
Error showing value of type Spinhalf:
ERROR: locale::facet::_S_create_c_locale name not valid
Stacktrace:
[1] to_string(arg1::XDiag.cxx_SpinhalfAllocated)
@ XDiag C:\Users\32057.julia\packages\CxxWrap\I0P2E\src\CxxWrap.jl:676
[2] show(io::IOContext{Base.TTY}, block::Spinhalf)
@ XDiag C:\Users\32057.julia\packages\XDiag\XyTl2\src\blocks\spinhalf.jl:46
[3] show(io::IOContext{Base.TTY}, ::MIME{Symbol("text/plain")}, x::Spinhalf)
@ Base.Multimedia .\multimedia.jl:47
[4] (::REPL.var"#55#56"{REPL.REPLDisplay{REPL.LineEditREPL}, MIME{Symbol("text/plain")}, Base.RefValue{Any}})(io::Any)
@ REPL C:\Users\32057\Downloads\julia\Julia-1.10.5\share\julia\stdlib\v1.10\REPL\src\REPL.jl:273
[5] with_repl_linfo(f::Any, repl::REPL.LineEditREPL)
@ REPL C:\Users\32057\Downloads\julia\Julia-1.10.5\share\julia\stdlib\v1.10\REPL\src\REPL.jl:569
[6] display(d::REPL.REPLDisplay, mime::MIME{Symbol("text/plain")}, x::Any)
@ REPL C:\Users\32057\Downloads\julia\Julia-1.10.5\share\julia\stdlib\v1.10\REPL\src\REPL.jl:259
[7] display
@ C:\Users\32057\Downloads\julia\Julia-1.10.5\share\julia\stdlib\v1.10\REPL\src\REPL.jl:278 [inlined]
[8] display(x::Any)
@ Base.Multimedia .\multimedia.jl:340
[9] #invokelatest#2
@ .\essentials.jl:892 [inlined]
[10] invokelatest
@ .\essentials.jl:889 [inlined]
[11] print_response(errio::IO, response::Any, show_value::Bool, have_color::Bool, specialdisplay::Union{…})
@ REPL C:\Users\32057\Downloads\julia\Julia-1.10.5\share\julia\stdlib\v1.10\REPL\src\REPL.jl:315
[12] (::REPL.var"#57#58"{REPL.LineEditREPL, Pair{Any, Bool}, Bool, Bool})(io::Any)
@ REPL C:\Users\32057\Downloads\julia\Julia-1.10.5\share\julia\stdlib\v1.10\REPL\src\REPL.jl:284
[13] with_repl_linfo(f::Any, repl::REPL.LineEditREPL)
@ REPL C:\Users\32057\Downloads\julia\Julia-1.10.5\share\julia\stdlib\v1.10\REPL\src\REPL.jl:569
[14] print_response(repl::REPL.AbstractREPL, response::Any, show_value::Bool, have_color::Bool)
@ REPL C:\Users\32057\Downloads\julia\Julia-1.10.5\share\julia\stdlib\v1.10\REPL\src\REPL.jl:282
[15] (::REPL.var"#do_respond#80"{…})(s::REPL.LineEdit.MIState, buf::Any, ok::Bool)
@ REPL C:\Users\32057\Downloads\julia\Julia-1.10.5\share\julia\stdlib\v1.10\REPL\src\REPL.jl:911
[16] #invokelatest#2
@ .\essentials.jl:892 [inlined]
[17] invokelatest
@ .\essentials.jl:889 [inlined]
[18] run_interface(terminal::REPL.Terminals.TextTerminal, m::REPL.LineEdit.ModalInterface, s::REPL.LineEdit.MIState)
@ REPL.LineEdit C:\Users\32057\Downloads\julia\Julia-1.10.5\share\julia\stdlib\v1.10\REPL\src\LineEdit.jl:2656
[19] run_frontend(repl::REPL.LineEditREPL, backend::REPL.REPLBackendRef)
@ REPL C:\Users\32057\Downloads\julia\Julia-1.10.5\share\julia\stdlib\v1.10\REPL\src\REPL.jl:1312
[20] (::REPL.var"#62#68"{REPL.LineEditREPL, REPL.REPLBackendRef})()
@ REPL C:\Users\32057\Downloads\julia\Julia-1.10.5\share\julia\stdlib\v1.10\REPL\src\REPL.jl:386
Some type information was truncated. Use show(err) to see complete types.
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Thanks for any help in advance!

Originally posted by @Q-SF in #58

[awietek]

Dear @Q-SF,

thank you for using XDiag and letting us know about a bug. I have never seen this error before, but it seems to be clear why it happens. It happens because XDiag cannot print out the info of the Spinhalf object. On the C++ side, the hilbert space is being formatted using the std::locale and this apparently causes an issue for some reason. Now nothing serious, but it's strange I have never seen this before, since we do test on a wide variety of systems.

To help you, could you please let me know which operating system you are using, which version of Julia, and which processor architecture (x86, arm)?

I think this particular issue would be easy to fix.

Best,

Alex

[Q-SF]

Thank you for getting back to me so quickly.
I'm using Windows 11 24H2, with an AMD Ryzen 9 7900X 12-Core Processor, and Julia version 1.10.5.
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julia> versioninfo()
Julia Version 1.10.5
Commit 6f3fdf7b36 (2024-08-27 14:19 UTC)
Build Info:
Official https://julialang.org/ release
Platform Info:
OS: Windows (x86_64-w64-mingw32)
CPU: 24 × AMD Ryzen 9 7900X 12-Core Processor
WORD_SIZE: 64
LIBM: libopenlibm
LLVM: libLLVM-15.0.7 (ORCJIT, znver3)
Threads: 1 default, 0 interactive, 1 GC (on 24 virtual cores)
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[awietek]

Okay, so Windows is a bit of a problem for us unfortunately. While we compile the libraries, we actually do not yet fully support Windows. We want to get this to work, but we were focusing on MacOS and Linux first. I think your problem will be a good initiative for us to get this working. However, this will not be a super quick fix.

In the meantime, would you have easy access to either a Linux or MacOS machine?

[Q-SF]

Alright, it's a bit of a pity. But I have a Linux server, so I'll try it on Linux instead. Thanks again for your help—wish you a pleasant life!

[awietek]

Okay, so if for now you can try it on your Linux server, please let me know if that works for you. We'll work on getting Windows up and running and then come back to you.