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Re: no backwards compatibility in IDL 5.6 [message #34308 is a reply to message #34266]

Fri, 28 February 2003 12:28

David Fanning
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Registered: August 2001

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JD Smith (jdsmith@as.arizona.edu) writes:

> Which is when _STRICT_EXTRA was first introduced. Coincidence?
>
> My consipiracy theory: RSI switched from checking built-in system routine
> keywords at compile to run-time with v5.5. This isn't the first time
> they've done this type of thing: around v5.3, they switched from checking
> the validity of system variables at compile time to run time (which was
> rather convenient, actually).

Alright, another case closed by the ace detectives
at the IEPA agency. I'll write a report, sir.

Cheers,

David

P.S. There is a new wrapper program on my web page
that uses only a singe EXECUTE statement. :-)

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		no backwards compatibility in IDL 5.6 By: Alexander Rauscher on Thu, 27 February 2003 04:52
		Re: no backwards compatibility in IDL 5.6 By: JD Smith on Mon, 03 March 2003 09:12
		Re: no backwards compatibility in IDL 5.6 By: David Fanning on Fri, 28 February 2003 20:40
		Re: no backwards compatibility in IDL 5.6 By: Craig Markwardt on Fri, 28 February 2003 18:20
		Re: no backwards compatibility in IDL 5.6 By: David Fanning on Fri, 28 February 2003 15:55
		Re: no backwards compatibility in IDL 5.6 By: Pavel Romashkin on Fri, 28 February 2003 15:32
		Re: no backwards compatibility in IDL 5.6 By: JD Smith on Fri, 28 February 2003 12:35
		Re: no backwards compatibility in IDL 5.6 By: David Fanning on Fri, 28 February 2003 12:28
		Re: no backwards compatibility in IDL 5.6 By: JD Smith on Fri, 28 February 2003 12:02

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