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Hi Folks, Uh, oh. Bad news. I just found out that COMPLEMENT and NCOMPLEMENT keywords have already been added to the WHERE function and will be in the IDL 5.4 release. :-( And the worst news is that it was not because of our radical letter writing campaign, it was just because it seemed like a really good thing to do and there had been several "official" requests by users in the past. Bummer. And I just ordered 500 pens from Office Depot. Guess it just goes to show you RSI really does listen to what people are asking for. In any case, I've got a book to write and other things to do. I'm just going to wait until IDL 5.4 shows up and see what's there and what isn't. And although it goes totally against my grain, maybe I'll just ask for new features with a polite letter that begins, "Hi, I *love* IDL, but..." Couldn't hurt. :-) Cheers, David -- David Fanning, Ph.D. Fanning Software Consulting Phone: 970-221-0438 E-Mail: davidf@dfanning.com Coyote's Guide to IDL Programming: http://www.dfanning.com/ Toll-Free IDL Book Orders: 1-888-461-0155
David, go ahead and order another 500 pens for a new campiagn for the next item on the wish list: "variable number of argumants"? Virtual threats are more efficient than the real world execution :-) Best, Theo David Fanning wrote: > > Hi Folks, > > Uh, oh. Bad news. > > I just found out that COMPLEMENT and NCOMPLEMENT keywords > have already been added to the WHERE function and will be > in the IDL 5.4 release. :-( > > And the worst news is that it was not because of our > radical letter writing campaign, it was just because > it seemed like a really good thing to do and there > had been several "official" requests by users in the > past. > > Bummer. And I just ordered 500 pens from Office Depot. > > Guess it just goes to show you RSI really does listen > to what people are asking for. > > In any case, I've got a book to write and other things > to do. I'm just going to wait until IDL 5.4 shows up > and see what's there and what isn't. And although it > goes totally against my grain, maybe I'll just ask > for new features with a polite letter that begins, > "Hi, I *love* IDL, but..." > > Couldn't hurt. :-) > > Cheers, > > David > > -- > David Fanning, Ph.D. > Fanning Software Consulting > Phone: 970-221-0438 E-Mail: davidf@dfanning.com > Coyote's Guide to IDL Programming: http://www.dfanning.com/ > Toll-Free IDL Book Orders: 1-888-461-0155 -- ---------------------------------------------- Dr. Theo Brauers Institut fuer Atmosphaerische Chemie (ICG-3) Forschungszentrum Juelich 52425 JUELICH, Germany Tel. +49-2461-61-6646 Fax. +49-2461-61-5346 http://www.kfa-juelich.de/icg/icg3/MITARBEITER/th.brauers.ht ml