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Re: Pointer syntax and IDL 4.0 [message #28531 is a reply to message #28530]

Wed, 19 December 2001 13:01

Pavel A. Romashkin
Messages: 531
Registered: November 2000

Senior Member

Obviously one can live just fine without spending a fortune on upgrades :)

tam wrote:
>
> Is there any way of addressing this, i.e., dereferencing a pointer
> in a way that will not cause a syntax error for earlier versions of IDL?

It depends on how far back the code has to be backward compatible. Isn't
earlier IDL totally lacking pointers?
I'd look up !Version.Release in the code and use IF statements to switch
to Handles syntax.

Cheers,
Pavel

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		Re: Pointer syntax and IDL 4.0 By: John-David T. Smith on Wed, 19 December 2001 13:59
		Re: Pointer syntax and IDL 4.0 By: thompson on Wed, 19 December 2001 13:11
		Re: Pointer syntax and IDL 4.0 By: Pavel A. Romashkin on Wed, 19 December 2001 13:01
		Re: Pointer syntax and IDL 4.0 By: Paul van Delst on Wed, 19 December 2001 13:07
		Re: Pointer syntax and IDL 4.0 By: Craig Markwardt on Wed, 19 December 2001 15:36

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