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Re: Can an object's structure be redifined without restarting IDL [message #16135 is a reply to message #16134]

Fri, 02 July 1999 00:00

Frank Morgan
Messages: 3
Registered: June 1999

Junior Member

If you're working interactively at top-level you can delete the structure
and recreate it from scratch with new fields - like:

x = {a:0, b:2.0}
delvar, x
x = {a:0, b:2.0, c:5.2}

This avoids the data structure conflict. You can't use delvar in procedures
though.

gabriel rodriguez ibeas wrote:

> Hi everybody.
>
> The problem I have, specially when working with a new object is tha if I
> have to add a new field to it's structure, or change its name, IDL will
> issue a error having to do with 'conflicting data structures' or
> something.
>
> I think something similar occurs with COMMON blocks.
>
> Is there any way to tell IDL to forget about all user defined objecs or
> common blocks without restarting it?

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		Re: Can an object's structure be redifined without restarting IDL By: Liam Gumley on Fri, 02 July 1999 00:00
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		Re: Can an object's structure be redifined without restarting IDL By: davidf on Fri, 02 July 1999 00:00

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