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Re: .compile vs .run [message #43510 is a reply to message #43509]

Mon, 18 April 2005 05:50

David Fanning
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Registered: August 2001

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m_schellens writes:

> I have the following file 't.pro':
>
> pro t1
> print,'t1'
> end
>
> pro t
> print,'t'
> end
>
> pro t3
> print,'t3'
> end
>
>
> IDL 6.1 gives:
>
> IDL> .comp t
> % Compiled module: T1.
> % Compiled module: T.
> % Compiled module: T3.
> IDL> .run t
> % Compiled module: T1.
> % Compiled module: T.
> % Compiled module: T3.
>
> Isn't .run supposed to EXECUTE the main program?
> What is the difference between .compile and .run?
> Or what am I missing?

I think probably your definition of "main program" is not
the same as the definition used by IDL, since there is
no "main program" (using the IDL definition) in your example.
Their definition of a main program is a sequence of IDL
statements (not beginning with a procedure or function
definition statement), followed by an END statement.

print, 'main program'
a = 5
print, a
END

In the absence of a "main program", the .RUN and .COMPILE
executive commands act exactly the same.

Cheers,

David

--
David Fanning, Ph.D.
Fanning Software Consulting, Inc.
Coyote's Guide to IDL Programming: http://www.dfanning.com/

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		Re: .compile vs .run By: R.G. Stockwell on Mon, 18 April 2005 11:30
		Re: .compile vs .run By: Benjamin Hornberger on Mon, 18 April 2005 07:45
		Re: .compile vs .run By: David Fanning on Mon, 18 April 2005 05:50
		Re: .compile vs .run By: R.Bauer on Mon, 18 April 2005 02:13
		Re: .compile vs .run By: m_schellens on Mon, 18 April 2005 23:18

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