- Type* ret = nullptr;
- Type* child;
- char *child_name;
- xbt_dict_cursor_t cursor = nullptr;
- xbt_dict_foreach(father->children, cursor, child_name, child) {
- if (strcmp (child->name, name) == 0){
- if (ret != nullptr){
- THROWF (tracing_error, 0, "there are two children types with the same name?");
- }else{
- ret = child;
- }
- }
- }
- return ret;
+void VariableType::instr_event(double now, double delta, const char* resource, double value)
+{
+ /* To trace resource utilization, we use AddEvent and SubEvent only. This implies to add a SetEvent first to set the
+ * initial value of all variables for subsequent adds/subs. If we don't do so, the first AddEvent would be added to a
+ * non-determined value, hence causing analysis problems.
+ */
+
+ // to check if variables were previously set to 0, otherwise paje won't simulate them
+ // create a key considering the resource and variable, and check if key exists in the global map:
+ // if it doesn't, set the variable to zero.
+ if (static std::set<std::string, std::less<>> platform_variables;
+ platform_variables.emplace(resource + get_name()).second)
+ set_event(now, 0);
+
+ add_event(now, value);
+ sub_event(now + delta, value);