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Re: inconsistence in 5.4 -> 6.0 [message #36591 is a reply to message #36570]

Tue, 07 October 2003 10:50

David Fanning
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Registered: August 2001

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Marc Schellens writes:

> try:
>
> in 5.4:
>
> IDL> cc=complex(0,1)
> IDL> if cc then print,'true' else print,'false'
> false
>
>
> in 6.0:
>
> IDL> cc=complex(0,1)
> IDL> if cc then print,'true' else print,'false'
> true
>
> potentially dangerous, isn't it?

Well, I don't know about "dangerous", but
it certainly is inconsistent with the
on-line help definition of "true" for
complex variables. What did the good folks
at RSI say about this when you reported it? :-)

Cheers,

David
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		Re: inconsistence in 5.4 -> 6.0 By: marc schellens[1] on Wed, 08 October 2003 02:16
		Re: inconsistence in 5.4 -> 6.0 By: marc schellens[1] on Wed, 08 October 2003 02:04
		Re: inconsistence in 5.4 -> 6.0 By: David Fanning on Tue, 07 October 2003 10:50
		Re: inconsistence in 5.4 -> 6.0 By: GrahamWilsonCA on Tue, 07 October 2003 10:19
		Re: inconsistence in 5.4 -> 6.0 By: Craig Markwardt on Thu, 09 October 2003 15:12
		Re: inconsistence in 5.4 -> 6.0 By: David Fanning on Thu, 09 October 2003 05:18

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