Builder vs. Coder

Builder
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OS: Win11 Pro, Lenovo ThinKPad COREi7
PsychoPy version: 2021.2.3
Standard Standalone? (y/n): yes

Why do some code lines that work properly in Coder, give out error in the Builder?

Example: I need a random fixation time in a defined range, and I generate it like:

fixation_time = round(random.randrange(250, 2000)/1000, 1)

It works in Coder, but in Builder, gives out the error.

if fixation_time.status == NOT_STARTED and tThisFlip >= 1.0-frameTolerance:
AttributeError: 'float' object has no attribute 'status'
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What do you mean by status for a random number?

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That’s the error I get. It refers to a line in the Coder script, that is apparently generated based on the Builder, but it’s not that I have coded it. I don’t know where it comes from.

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I was using fixation_time + 1.0 in the Builder for an image. Now I defined it as another variable (target_time = fixation_time + 1.0) in a code component and I get this error:

File "C:\Users\zahra\Desktop\tasks\gonogo\gonogo_lastrun.py", line 293, in <module>
    thisComponent.tStart = None
AttributeError: 'float' object has no attribute 'tStart'
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It was because the name of the fixation component was the same as fixation_time. It’s resolved now.

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