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Re: Simple bug in IDL 5.4 compiler under Win2000 [message #27670 is a reply to message #27521]

Mon, 29 October 2001 08:55

tam
Messages: 48
Registered: February 2000

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I note that my old version 4 IDL User's Guide explicitly describes 1D as
a double precision constant (p 3-3). Same is true in V5's
Building IDL Applications (p 15). In the context of describing doubles
whose values happen to be integral, I don't see why it's any sloppier
than the equivalent 1B or 1L used for other types.

Regards,
Tom McGlynn

William Thompson wrote:
>
> Joe Means <joe.means@orst.edu> writes:
>
>> Rick,
>> Regarding your question about whether this behavior is a bug, my
>> rationale for saying so is that it the offending statement contains no
>> incorrect IDL syntax that I can see.
>> Joe
>
> Actually, I would argue that writing a number as simply "1d" is incorrect
> syntax, or at least sloppy syntax. IDL lets you get away with it in most cases
> (obviously not here), but the number really should be written as "1d0".
>
> Sorry, I don't mean to come off as harsh.
>
> William Thompson
>

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		Re: Simple bug in IDL 5.4 compiler under Win2000 By: thompson on Mon, 29 October 2001 07:48
		Re: Simple bug in IDL 5.4 compiler under Win2000 By: Joe Means on Fri, 26 October 2001 12:16
		Re: Simple bug in IDL 5.4 compiler under Win2000 By: R.Bauer on Fri, 26 October 2001 05:01
		Re: Simple bug in IDL 5.4 compiler under Win2000 By: David Fanning on Thu, 25 October 2001 15:05
		Re: Simple bug in IDL 5.4 compiler under Win2000 By: Rick Towler on Thu, 25 October 2001 14:45
		Re: Simple bug in IDL 5.4 compiler under Win2000 By: Joe Means on Thu, 25 October 2001 12:45
		Re: Simple bug in IDL 5.4 compiler under Win2000 By: Dick Jackson on Thu, 25 October 2001 12:44
		Re: Simple bug in IDL 5.4 compiler under Win2000 By: Rick Towler on Thu, 25 October 2001 12:02
		Re: Simple bug in IDL 5.4 compiler under Win2000 By: Foldy Lajos on Mon, 29 October 2001 09:43
		Re: Simple bug in IDL 5.4 compiler under Win2000 By: tam on Mon, 29 October 2001 08:55

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