@@ -247,6 +247,8 @@ parseExtraParams <- function(allParams, extraParams)

     return(allParams)

 }

+## TODO these checks should be in the C++ code so that file names are checked

+## just as much as R variables

 #' check that provided data is valid

 #' @keywords internal

 #'

@@ -350,6 +350,13 @@ const DataType &uncertainty, GapsRandomState *randState)

             elapsed.seconds);

     }

+    // if we are running distributed, each worker needs to print when it's started

+    if (params.runningDistributed)

+    {

+        gaps_printf("    worker %d is starting!\n", params.workerID);

+        gaps_flush();

+    }

+

     // these variables will get overwritten by checkpoint if provided

     GapsStatistics stats(params.nGenes, params.nSamples, params.nPatterns);

     GapsRng rng(randState);