| Re: Resolving Built-ins and FORWARD_FUNCTION [message #37358 is a reply to message #37336] |
Mon, 08 December 2003 22:15  |
Craig Markwardt
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JD Smith <jdsmith@as.arizona.edu> writes:
> Sent to RSI:
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> Using FORWARD_FUNCTION creates an unresolved stub in the routine list,
> even for built-in routines. E.g., in the NasaLib WRITEFITS you find :
...
> IDL could either check for built-in's being used in FORWARD_FUNCTION, or
> RESOLVE_ROUTINE could do the same, or FORWARD_FUNCTION functions could
> be removed from the list once they are encountered in the file. Since
> you can't override a built-in command (like FILE_SEARCH) with any amount
> of !PATH fiddling, it makes sense not to put built-ins on the unresolved
> list via FORWARD_FUNCTION.
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Yes, these seems like a totally legit complaint. I don't think this
problem showed up before IDL 6.0, did it? Or else, why did nobody
complain before now?
> Also, does anyone know what a SAV file run in the IDLVM does with a
> statement like:
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> source=routine_info('MyPro',/SOURCE)
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> I use these types of constructs to locate data bundled with my source
> distribution, and I want it to work with the IDLVM too. Since the VM
> technically doesn't do any compiling of files, I presume it might not
> do any path searching for file source either, in which case I'd have
> to come up with something different.
Why not try it yourself? I found that the "source" it reported was
the path of the .sav file.
Craig
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