| Re: What subprogram? What parameters and keywords? [message #85648 is a reply to message #85646] |
Fri, 23 August 2013 08:29   |
Michael Galloy
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On 8/23/13 8:50 am, fawltylanguage@gmail.com wrote:
> On Friday, August 23, 2013 4:35:56 PM UTC+2, Mark Piper wrote:
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>> We're looking at introducing the equivalent of argc-argv, where
>> argv[0] is the name of the routine and argv[1-n] are the
>> parameters. Ronn Kling suggested that a list would be a good
>> container for this info. How about new intrinsic routines IDL_ARGC
>> and IDL_ARGV?
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> We have keyword parameters, so a HASH seems to be more appropriate.
> #0 can be the routine name, #1, #2, ... the positional parameters.
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> regards, Lajos
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How about a hash for the keywords and a list for the positional parameters?
Would this also include syntax to allow writing a routine that takes an
arbitrary number of parameters?
Mike
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