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Re: check for duplicate routine names? [message #23258 is a reply to message #23257]

Fri, 19 January 2001 07:10

dominik
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>>>> > "MWA" == Michael W Asten <masten@mail.earth.monash.edu.au> writes:

MWA> It is a stupid error to have a two routines of the same name
MWA> DoitNow.pro , in two different library files MyLib1.pro and MyLib2.pro
MWA> .
MWA> But your correspondent is sometimes stupid. The consequence of course
MWA> is that the second compilation (of MyLib2.pro ) over-rides the first (of
MWA> MyLib1.pro) , so whatever was intended by maintenance of the code in
MWA> MyLib1.pro does not execute. Or worse, when the two libs are compiled
MWA> in different sequences, results become unpredictable.

MWA> IDL does not appear to give any warning of the compilation of a routine
MWA> of same name as one already compiled. Has anyone any ideas on how such
MWA> errors can be trapped ?

If you are using Emacs with IDLWAVE, it has tools to catch such
cases. See the manual and a recent thread where JD explains how to
use it for detecting load-path shadows.

- Carsten

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		Re: check for duplicate routine names? By: R.Bauer on Mon, 22 January 2001 06:17
		Re: check for duplicate routine names? By: davidf on Fri, 19 January 2001 15:19
		Re: check for duplicate routine names? By: Pavel A. Romashkin on Fri, 19 January 2001 13:40
		Re: check for duplicate routine names? By: Pavel A. Romashkin on Fri, 19 January 2001 13:34
		Re: check for duplicate routine names? By: Craig Markwardt on Fri, 19 January 2001 10:54
		Re: check for duplicate routine names? By: davidf on Fri, 19 January 2001 09:34
		Re: check for duplicate routine names? By: Jaco van Gorkom on Fri, 19 January 2001 09:06
		Re: check for duplicate routine names? By: Liam E. Gumley on Fri, 19 January 2001 08:55
		Re: check for duplicate routine names? By: Liam E. Gumley on Fri, 19 January 2001 08:52
		Re: check for duplicate routine names? By: Pavel A. Romashkin on Fri, 19 January 2001 08:42
		Re: check for duplicate routine names? By: Craig Markwardt on Fri, 19 January 2001 08:34
		Re: check for duplicate routine names? By: Paul van Delst on Fri, 19 January 2001 08:23
		Re: check for duplicate routine names? By: dominik on Fri, 19 January 2001 07:10
		Re: check for duplicate routine names? By: Jaco van Gorkom on Fri, 19 January 2001 06:54
		Re: check for duplicate routine names? By: davidf on Fri, 19 January 2001 06:47
		Re: check for duplicate routine names? By: davidf on Fri, 19 January 2001 06:25

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