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Re: Compile or not compile? [message #43151 is a reply to message #43149]

Mon, 21 March 2005 12:29

David Fanning
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Registered: August 2001

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Kenneth Bowman writes:

> In my experience (OS X), creating a new program file after starting IDL
> gives the following behavior (file names appropriated from above):
>
> IDL> file_in_my_path
> % Compiled module: FILE_IN_MY_PATH.
>
> Then create a new program file
>
> IDL> another_file_in_my_path
> % Attempt to call undefined procedure/function:
> 'ANOTHER_FILE_IN_MY_PATH'.
> % Execution halted at: $MAIN$
> IDL> .r another_file_in_my_path
> % Compiled module:.ANOTHER_FILE_IN_MY_PATH
>
> So, automatic compilation does not work, but manual compilation does. I
> still don't understand that.

Well, if you don't understand it AND you don't like
it, I would turn path caching off. Something like this
in your startup file would do it:

PATH_CACHE, ENABLE=0

Or, if you don't understand it, but like the speed with
which IDL can find files now, you could do this after
you save the new file:

IDL> PATH_CACHE, /CLEAR

Now, when you type the new file name IDL will rebuild the cache
with the new file in it so it can be found automatically. (Building
the cache again could be slow, but no slower than finding the file
pre IDL 6.0, I should think).

Cheers,

David

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David Fanning, Ph.D.
Fanning Software Consulting, Inc.
Coyote's Guide to IDL Programming: http://www.dfanning.com/

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