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Originally Posted by rrossbach

Just to be really clear , from a programming perspective they are two different states.

This is incorrect. There is only one disabled state for the robot, and there is only one interface to that state from the programming perspective.

Originally Posted by rrossbach

Even though the WPI framework calls the same disabledInit() and disabledPeriodic() functions irrespective of whether you're in Auto/Teleop/Test, in your code you can use the isAutonomous(), isOperatorControl(), and isTest() functions to distinguish what state you're in if you really need to.

While this is true in proving that the robot has 4 states (disabled, autonomous, teleop, and test, this statement does not provide evidence that Autonomous Disabled and Teleop Disabled are two difference states as your original post implied, and the first sentence of your last post tries to back up.

Your original post mentioned Autonomous Disabled, and Teleop Disables which could be interpreted that they are two different functions on the programatic side. However they are not.

I will not argue semantics, if you feel to call them two separate states by all means go ahead, but passing that information on to others is completely incorrect.

Regards,
Kevin