| Re: Version control for IDL software [message #46528 is a reply to message #46302] |
Thu, 24 November 2005 09:21   |
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Jean[1]
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Registered: November 2005
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> What I've done in the past is to use a version number in the name of the
> procedure or function - for example:
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> Pro complicated_procedure_v2,arg1,arg2
> End
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> which would then be called from another program as
> complicated_procedure_V2, arg1,arg2
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> However, I don't bump up the version number very often, and it can be a
> nuisance to change other code to call this new version of the program.
For this specifi issue, just write a generic procedure
Pro complicated_procedure,arg1,arg2 that will call
complicated_procedure_v2,arg1,arg2
So all your pros can always call the same procedure, and you just have
to update this one to reflect the changes!
.. but CVS seems much more elegant! ;)
Jean H.
jghasban@DELTHIS.ucalgary.ANDTHIS.c.a
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