| Re: check for duplicate routine names? [message #23246 is a reply to message #23242] |
Fri, 19 January 2001 10:54   |
Craig Markwardt
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Registered: November 1996
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"Liam E. Gumley" <Liam.Gumley@ssec.wisc.edu> writes:
> Craig Markwardt wrote:
>> Another thing that would be nice is warnings about ambiguous uses of
>> variables that might shadow a function in the library. Note this
>> code:
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>> max = max(x, min=min)
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>> The next time you use min(x), will you get the function or the
>> variable named min?
>>
... deleted by Craig
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> I believe a function takes precedence over an identically named array
> subscripted with parentheses, e.g.
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> IDL> min = indgen(10)
> IDL> a = indgen(5)
> IDL> print, min(a)
> 0
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> Using square brackets eliminates the ambiguity between the function name
> and the variable name:
...
Point taken. I was more trying to say, "because these things can
*potentially* be confusing, it would be nice to have a tool that
checks for them." My example of MIN/MAX was a little trivial; there
are possible clashes with, say, the Astronomy library which are not as
obvious.
Craig
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