Dear MIDAS experts,

I gave a try to the MIDAS python interface and ran all tests available in midas/python/tests.
Two Int64 tests from test_odb.py had failed (see below), everthong else - succeeded

I'm using a ~ 2.5 weeks-old commit and python 3.9 on SL7 Linux platform.

commit c19b4e696400ee437d8790b7d3819051f66da62d (HEAD -> develop, origin/develop, origin/HEAD)
Author: Zaher Salman <zaher.salman@gmail.com>
Date:   Sun Jan 14 13:18:48 2024 +0100

The symptoms are consistent with a string --> int64 conversion not happening 
where it is needed. 

Perhaps the issue have already been fixed? 

-- many thanks, regards, Pasha
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Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/home/mu2etrk/test_stand/pasha_020/midas/python/tests/test_odb.py", line 178, in testInt64
    self.set_and_readback_from_parent_dir("/pytest", "int64_2", [123, 40000000000000000], midas.TID_INT64, True)
  File "/home/mu2etrk/test_stand/pasha_020/midas/python/tests/test_odb.py", line 130, in set_and_readback_from_parent_dir
    self.validate_readback(value, retval[key_name], expected_key_type)
  File "/home/mu2etrk/test_stand/pasha_020/midas/python/tests/test_odb.py", line 87, in validate_readback
    self.assert_equal(val, retval[i], expected_key_type)
  File "/home/mu2etrk/test_stand/pasha_020/midas/python/tests/test_odb.py", line 60, in assert_equal
    self.assertEqual(val1, val2)
AssertionError: 123 != '123'

with the test on line 178 commented out, the test on the next line fails in a similar way:
        
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/home/mu2etrk/test_stand/pasha_020/midas/python/tests/test_odb.py", line 179, in testInt64
    self.set_and_readback_from_parent_dir("/pytest", "int64_2", 37, midas.TID_INT64, True)
  File "/home/mu2etrk/test_stand/pasha_020/midas/python/tests/test_odb.py", line 130, in set_and_readback_from_parent_dir
    self.validate_readback(value, retval[key_name], expected_key_type)
  File "/home/mu2etrk/test_stand/pasha_020/midas/python/tests/test_odb.py", line 102, in validate_readback
    self.assert_equal(value, retval, expected_key_type)
  File "/home/mu2etrk/test_stand/pasha_020/midas/python/tests/test_odb.py", line 60, in assert_equal
    self.assertEqual(val1, val2)
AssertionError: 37 != '37'
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