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Re: Compiling IDL code with a C compiler [message #40153 is a reply to message #40152]

Sun, 18 July 2004 08:16

cedricl
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Registered: July 2004

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David Fanning <davidf@dfanning.com> wrote
> Has anyone pointed out to you that IDL is a weakly typed
> language?

Frankly, I've always had trouble distinguishing between
strong/weak/static/dynamic typing. Looking on the Internet, they say
that C++ is weakly typed, too. How does it create a problem? If you
look at my example, I have type declarations as ""preprocessor
directives"" at the top:

; Type Declarations
;#field = fltarr(101, 101)
;#area = fltarr(101, 101)
;#sum = float(0.)

(I'm thinking of replacing those with ASSERT_TYPE, field, fltarr(101,
101) in the IDL version)

Besides, if I restrict my support of IDL syntax to a bare minimum (so
much that the user is essentially writing C with IDL syntax, but
without having to care about the interfacing), then there really
doesn't seem to be that much to the "translation" phase.

Another advantage of this approach is that the IDL code would still be
compilable directly with .compile, since the preprocessor directives
are commented. So it would be good for testing the correctness of the
code.

> Well, best of luck to you! :-)

Thank you!

Cedric

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		Re: Compiling IDL code with a C compiler By: cedricl on Mon, 19 July 2004 06:05
		Re: Compiling IDL code with a C compiler By: Haje Korth on Mon, 19 July 2004 04:59
		Re: Compiling IDL code with a C compiler By: David Fanning on Sun, 18 July 2004 08:52
		Re: Compiling IDL code with a C compiler By: cedricl on Sun, 18 July 2004 08:16
		Re: Compiling IDL code with a C compiler By: David Fanning on Sat, 17 July 2004 16:25

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