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Re: Automatic Compiliation of IDL Programs, Was: Lost Functions [message #10244 is a reply to message #10236]

Wed, 05 November 1997 00:00

wonko
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Registered: March 1997

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davidf@dfanning.com (David Fanning) wrote:

> If you use the IDL executive command .Compile to compile
> a file, all the program modules in the file get compiled.
> (The executive command .Run can also be used this way,
> although it confuses new IDL users because nothing actually
> gets *run*.)

Unless the file really contains a program (some stuff outside pro/
function declarations, ended by an END).

> But one of the wonderful features of IDL is the ability
> to have your programs compiled *automatically* when they
> are needed. This makes it possible to write IDL code that
> is not cluttered up with a bunch of INCLUDE statements, etc.

Right...

> But the key word here is "command". When you write a program
> you are, in effect, creating another IDL command. The key rule
> for getting your programs to compile automatically is to make
> sure that the "command" module is the *last* program module
> in a file that has the *same name* as the command you are
> trying to build (with a ".pro" extension, of course).

... but I wouldn't mind if IDL just compiled the whole file. This means
some extra time for compiling, but would make things a bit easier. Or do
I forget something?

Alex
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		Re: Automatic Compiliation of IDL Programs, Was: Lost Functions By: Stein Vidar Hagfors H on Thu, 06 November 1997 00:00
		Re: Automatic Compiliation of IDL Programs, Was: Lost Functions By: hegde on Wed, 05 November 1997 00:00
		Re: Automatic Compiliation of IDL Programs, Was: Lost Functions By: wonko on Wed, 05 November 1997 00:00
		Re: Automatic Compiliation of IDL Programs, Was: Lost Functions By: davidf on Wed, 05 November 1997 00:00
		Re: Automatic Compiliation of IDL Programs, Was: Lost Functions By: Martin Schultz on Wed, 05 November 1997 00:00
		Re: Automatic Compiliation of IDL Programs, Was: Lost Functions By: davidf on Wed, 05 November 1997 00:00

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