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Re: iplot, /xlog [message #49883 is a reply to message #49882]

Fri, 18 August 2006 14:36

David Fanning
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Benjamin Hornberger writes:

> Damn, I was reading the documentation so many times and still missed it.
> Yes, they should make sure wrong keywords are caught.

It is probably not as easy as I suggested it might be
to solve. Unless you have some final object that is
contained in all other others (e.g., the CatAtom object
in my Catalyst Library), you can never be absolutely
sure you ARE at the end of the chain. This is just
an inherent problem with multiple inheritance chains,
I think. iPlot is complicated. Lots of keywords are
inherited. It is a BIG job to keep track of all of them.
Keyword inheritance is used to keep the job under budget,
but there are risks to using it. Risks I think even I
would take, under the circumstances.

> Plus, the direct
> graphics PLOT routine takes /xlog and /ylog. Plus, the iPlot keywords
> are quite inconsistent in whether or not they have the _ after XYZ.

Oh, well, Benjamin. I think you have worked with IDL
long enough that *these* modest annoyances shouldn't
throw you. You are just probably having a bad day. Go get
a beer and worry about it next week. :-)

Cheers,

David
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Fanning Software Consulting, Inc.
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Sepore ma de ni thui. (Opata Indian saying, meaning "Perhaps thou
speakest truth.")

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		Re: iplot, /xlog By: David Fanning on Fri, 18 August 2006 19:03
		Re: iplot, /xlog By: David Fanning on Fri, 18 August 2006 18:52
		Re: iplot, /xlog By: Kenneth P. Bowman on Fri, 18 August 2006 18:30
		Re: iplot, /xlog By: Michael Galloy on Fri, 18 August 2006 14:41
		Re: iplot, /xlog By: David Fanning on Fri, 18 August 2006 14:36
		Re: iplot, /xlog By: Benjamin Hornberger on Fri, 18 August 2006 13:49
		Re: iplot, /xlog By: David Fanning on Fri, 18 August 2006 13:27

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