old_contents: import sys
  
  from aimes.emgr.utils import *
  
  __author__ = "Matteo Turilli"
  __copyright__ = "Copyright 2015, The AIMES Project"
  __license__ = "MIT"
  
  # -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
  def write_skeleton_conf(cfg, scale, cores, uniformity, fout):
      '''Write a skeleton configuration file with the set number/type/duration of
         tasks and stages.
      '''
  
      substitutes = dict()
  
      substitutes['SCALE'] = scale
      substitutes['CORES'] = cores[-1]
  
      if substitutes['CORES'] > 1:
          substitutes['TASK_TYPE'] = 'parallel'
  
      elif substitutes['CORES'] == 1:
          substitutes['TASK_TYPE'] = 'serial'
  
      else:
          print "ERROR: invalid number of cores per task: '%s'." % cores
          sys.exit(1)
  
      if uniformity == 'uniform':
          substitutes['UNIFORMITY_DURATION'] = "%s %s" % \
              (uniformity, cfg['skeleton_task_duration']['avg'])
  
      elif uniformity == 'gauss':
          substitutes['UNIFORMITY_DURATION'] = "%s [%s, %s]" % \
              (uniformity, cfg['skeleton_task_duration']['avg'],
               cfg['skeleton_task_duration']['stdev'])
  
      else:
          print "ERROR: invalid task uniformity '%s' specified." % uniformity
          sys.exit(1)
  
      write_template(cfg['skeleton_template'], substitutes, fout)
  
new_contents: import sys
  
  from aimes.emgr.utils import *
  
  __author__ = "Matteo Turilli"
  __copyright__ = "Copyright 2015, The AIMES Project"
  __license__ = "MIT"
  
  # -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
  def write_skeleton_conf(cfg, scale, cores, uniformity, fout):
      '''Write a skeleton configuration file with the set number/type/duration of
         tasks and stages.
      '''
  
      substitutes = dict()
  
      substitutes['SCALE'] = scale
      substitutes['CORES'] = cores[-1]
  
      if substitutes['CORES'] > 1:
          substitutes['TASK_TYPE'] = 'parallel'
  
      elif substitutes['CORES'] == 1:
          substitutes['TASK_TYPE'] = 'serial'
  
      else:
          print "ERROR: invalid number of cores per task: '%s'." % cores
          sys.exit(1)
  
      if uniformity == 'uniform':
          substitutes['UNIFORMITY_DURATION'] = "%s %s" % \
              (uniformity, cfg['skeleton_task_duration']['max'])
  
      # TODO: Calculate stdev and avg.
      elif uniformity == 'gauss':
          substitutes['UNIFORMITY_DURATION'] = "%s [%s, %s]" % \
              (uniformity, cfg['skeleton_task_duration']['avg'],
               cfg['skeleton_task_duration']['stdev'])
  
      else:
          print "ERROR: invalid task uniformity '%s' specified." % uniformity
          sys.exit(1)
  
      write_template(cfg['skeleton_template'], substitutes, fout)
  
subject: Use max duration when uniform time distribution