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Re: Declaration of variables in IDL [message #26879 is a reply to message #26875]

Wed, 03 October 2001 09:22

David Fanning
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Registered: August 2001

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Paul van Delst (paul.vandelst@noaa.gov) writes:

> Note to original poster: Apologies for maybe stating the obvious, but Todd Clements is joking.
> If you can avoid it, you should not reuse the same variable several times in each function - it
> can be a maintenance nightmare depending on the complexity of the function/procedure in
> question.

Todd was talking about job security, so I am sure
he was not joking. With recent events and today's
job economy, it is no joking matter. I have renamed
almost all the variables in my programs "a" to cope.

Cheers,

David
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		Re: Declaration of variables in IDL By: Paul van Delst on Wed, 03 October 2001 09:30
		Re: Declaration of variables in IDL By: Paul van Delst on Wed, 03 October 2001 09:32
		Re: Declaration of variables in IDL By: David Fanning on Wed, 03 October 2001 09:22
		Re: Declaration of variables in IDL By: Pavel A. Romashkin on Wed, 03 October 2001 09:14
		Re: Declaration of variables in IDL By: Paul van Delst on Wed, 03 October 2001 09:09
		Re: Declaration of variables in IDL By: R.G.S. on Wed, 03 October 2001 09:10
		Re: Declaration of variables in IDL By: Craig Markwardt on Wed, 03 October 2001 14:43
		Re: Declaration of variables in IDL By: David Fanning on Wed, 03 October 2001 09:08
		Re: Declaration of variables in IDL By: Todd Clements on Wed, 03 October 2001 09:03
		Re: Declaration of variables in IDL By: Paul van Delst on Wed, 03 October 2001 07:28
		Re: Declaration of variables in IDL By: David Fanning on Wed, 03 October 2001 06:21
		Re: Declaration of variables in IDL By: Todd Clements on Wed, 03 October 2001 12:49

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