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mallozzi@ssl.msfc.nasa.gov wrote: : Reading some recent posts about IDL limits, here is a list off the : top of my head. Please post any additions or corrections. : IDL limits: : local variables <236 (?) : common block variables <64 : pro/function parameters <64 : CALL_EXTERNAL parameters <64 : structure tags <126 (?) : variables (v3.5.1 & earlier) <16 characters : pro/func names (?) : -Bob : mallozzi@ssl.msfc.nasa.gov Formatted io buffer size: < 2048 bytes -- +------------------------+---------------------------------- --+---------+ | James Tappin, | School of Physics & Space Research | O__ | | sjt@star.sr.bham.ac.uk | University of Birmingham | -- \/` | | Ph: 0121-414-6462. Fax: 0121-414-3722 | | +----------------------------------------------------------- --+---------+
mallozzi@ssl.msfc.nasa.gov writes > IDL limits: > local variables <236 (?) > common block variables <64 (snip) > -Bob > mallozzi@ssl.msfc.nasa.gov What about user defined system variables? Are they counted as local variables and thus part of the 236 limits? I have been trying to avoid magic numbers by using DEFSYSV, and perhaps I should worry. Sheldon Applegate slapplegate@tasc.com