It seems that in Windows, stringstreams must be initialized with data immediately after creation before they can be used. This really doesn't make sense to me, but at least it allows the rewind code to work. I hope this fixes similar issues in OSX.

git-svn-id: svn://svn.code.sf.net/p/stella/code/trunk@1859 8b62c5a3-ac7e-4cc8-8f21-d9a121418aba

src/debugger/Debugger.cxx

@@ -972,9 +972,6 @@ Debugger::RewindManager::~RewindManager()
 // - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
 bool Debugger::RewindManager::addState()
 {
-  // Are we still within the allowable size, or are we overwriting an item?
-  mySize++; if(mySize > MAX_SIZE) mySize = MAX_SIZE;
-
   // Create a new Serializer object if we need one
   if(myStateList[myTop] == NULL)
     myStateList[myTop] = new Serializer();
@@ -983,12 +980,15 @@ bool Debugger::RewindManager::addState()
   if(s.isValid())
   {
     s.reset();
-    myOSystem.state().saveState(s);
+    if(myOSystem.state().saveState(s) && myOSystem.console().tia().saveDisplay(s))
-    myOSystem.console().tia().saveDisplay(s);
+    {
+      // Are we still within the allowable size, or are we overwriting an item?
+      mySize++; if(mySize > MAX_SIZE) mySize = MAX_SIZE;
+
       myTop = (myTop + 1) % MAX_SIZE;
       return true;
     }
-  else
+  }
   return false;
 }
 

src/emucore/Serializer.cxx

@@ -52,6 +52,14 @@ Serializer::Serializer(void)
     myUseFilestream(false)
 {
   myStream = new stringstream(ios::in | ios::out | ios::binary);
+  
+  // For some reason, Windows and possibly OSX needs to store something in
+  // the stream before it is used for the first time
+  if(myStream)
+  {
+    putBool(true);
+    reset();
+  }
 }
 
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src/emucore/StateManager.cxx

@@ -288,6 +288,8 @@ bool StateManager::loadState(Serializer& in)
 // - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
 bool StateManager::saveState(Serializer& out)
 {
+  try
+  {
     if(&myOSystem->console())
     {
       // Make sure the file can be opened for writing
@@ -305,6 +307,11 @@ bool StateManager::saveState(Serializer& out)
           return true;
       }
     }
+  }
+  catch(const char* msg)
+  {
+    cerr << "ERROR: StateManager::saveState(Serializer&)" << endl << msg << endl;
+  }
   return false;
 }
 

src/emucore/TIA.cxx

@@ -496,7 +496,7 @@ bool TIA::load(Serializer& in)
 //    enableBits(true);
     myColorPtr = myColor;
   }
-  catch(char *msg)
+  catch(const char* msg)
   {
     cerr << msg << endl;
     return false;
@@ -521,7 +521,7 @@ bool TIA::saveDisplay(Serializer& out) const
     for(int i = 0; i < 160*320; ++i)
       out.putByte(myCurrentFrameBuffer[i]);
   }
-  catch(char *msg)
+  catch(const char* msg)
   {
     cerr << msg << endl;
     return false;