Crash on GetClassID

Clearly I will get no more work out of TNL until Mark gets back. I wish this thing didn't break under me every time I put any weight on it! But meanwhile, to document in detail:


TNLNetClass.h shows an example scenario, SimpleMessageEvent.
I adopted it, and here is the relevant portion of my code:

void CMEventConnection::onConnectionEstablished()
{
char buf[256];
bool isClient;

Parent::onConnectionEstablished();
isClient = isInitiator();
if(isClient) {
sprintf(buf, "Connected to server at address %s.", getNetAddressString()); // this happens
SimpleMessageEvent e("I'm alive!");
postNetEvent(&e);
}
. . .
}

void main(...) {
. . .
while(!gQuit)
{
theNetInterface->checkIncomingPackets();
theNetInterface->processConnections();
Platform::sleep(1);
}
}

Now, once that SimpleMessageEvent is posted, I get a bus error crash under ProcessConnections. Chasing it down with the debugger,
#0 0x000ac8e8 in TNL::NetClassRep::getClassId(TNL::NetClassGroup) const at tnlNetBase.h:279
#1 0x000ac3d4 in TNL::Object::getClassId(TNL::NetClassGroup) const at tnlNetBase.h:447
#2 0x0002d42c in TNL::EventConnection::writePacket(TNL::BitStream*, TNL::NetConnection::PacketNotify*) at eventConnection.cpp:258
#3 0x0002a3c0 in TNL::NetConnection::writeRawPacket(TNL::BitStream*, TNL::NetConnection::NetPacketType) at netConnection.cpp:214
#4 0x0002b930 in TNL::NetConnection::checkPacketSend(bool, unsigned) at netConnection.cpp:666
#5 0x000258c4 in TNL::NetInterface::processConnections() at netInterface.cpp:320
#6 0x00008de8 in main at EventLevel.cpp:92

In particular, it does a getClassId on a seemingly well-behaved object, address bffff060:


from tnlNetBase.h:

inline U32 Object::getClassId(NetClassGroup classGroup) const
{
TNLAssert(getClassRep() != NULL,
"Cannot get class id from non-declared dynamic class");
return getClassRep()->getClassId(classGroup);
}

However, getClassRep gets here - having seemingly leaped right over the TNLAssert and ignored it - and returns NULL. (I cannot set a breakpoint on the TNLAssert) We then call getClassId on a NULL object, and crash.

from NetBase.cpp:
//--------------------------------------
NetClassRep* Object::getClassRep() const
{
return NULL;
}

Basically, it is doing a getClassRep on a NetEvent object, presumably my SimpleMessageEvent;
this object is telling me that it has not had:

DECLARE_CONOBJECT(SimpleMessageEvent);
and
IMPLEMENT_CONOBJECT(SimpleMessageEvent);

But adding them doesn't help! What else is there to declare???


And I can assure you that both
TNL_DECLARE_CLASS(SimpleMessageEvent);
and
TNL_IMPLEMENT_NETEVENT(SimpleMessageEvent, NetClassGroupGameMask, 0);
were done in their appropriate places.