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Re: [Object IDL] self-documenting objects ... [message #12445 is a reply to message #12389]

Wed, 05 August 1998 00:00

darran
Messages: 3
Registered: August 1998

Junior Member

Here is the germ of a method to include with your object
definitions:

pro myclass::help, extra=_ex
r = routine_info('MYCLASS__DEFINE', /source)
openr, source, r.path, /get_lun
s = ''
repeat begin
print, strmid(s,1)
readf, source, s
endrep until strmid(s,0,1) ne ';' or eof(source)
free_lun, source
end

Ensure that your object source files begin with
a semicolon. Calling the help method should
dump the source header (minus the leading semicolon)
to your screen.

It will serve my purposes for now although I can
immediately think of some issues/improvements:

- all objects should be callable with only the
object name. With req'd parameters, you need
to know the usage before you can access the help
method - catch22.

- "help" should likely be its own object, taking
a MYOBJ__DEFINE string as a keyword parameter.

Comments?

Darran.

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		[Object IDL] self-documenting objects ... By: dEdmundson on Fri, 31 July 1998 00:00
		Re: [Object IDL] self-documenting objects ... By: darran on Wed, 05 August 1998 00:00
		Re: [Object IDL] self-documenting objects ... By: mallors on Thu, 06 August 1998 00:00

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