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Folks, Wow, that new ability in IDL 8 to subscript an array by -1 can be a HARD bugger to track down when it goes wrong. :-( I may have to put that one on my Most Pernicious list. Cheers, David -- David Fanning, Ph.D. Fanning Software Consulting, Inc. Coyote's Guide to IDL Programming: http://www.idlcoyote.com/ Sepore ma de ni thue. ("Perhaps thou speakest truth.")
On 06/07/2013 04:13 PM, David Fanning wrote: > Folks, > > Wow, that new ability in IDL 8 to subscript an array by -1 can be a HARD > bugger to track down when it goes wrong. :-( > > I may have to put that one on my Most Pernicious list. > > Cheers, > > David > > Is there a compile option to turn this "feature" off? John
John Correira writes: > Is there a compile option to turn this "feature" off? Probably. I just have to remember to put it into every program module I've ever written. :-) Cheers, David P.S. Which, of course, breaks all my programs and prevents them from being run in anything but IDL 8. Happy updating everyone! ;-) -- David Fanning, Ph.D. Fanning Software Consulting, Inc. Coyote's Guide to IDL Programming: http://www.idlcoyote.com/ Sepore ma de ni thue. ("Perhaps thou speakest truth.")