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Re: .compile_opt strictarr is persistent? [message #50586 is a reply to message #50584]

Mon, 09 October 2006 11:40

David Fanning
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mgalloy@gmail.com writes:

> Follow David's advice as above. I did try this because it seemed odd
> behavior you were describing. IDL does not complain if you have a
> compile_opt statement outside of any routine in a file. It will change
> the behavior of the main-level (but not the routines in the file). I
> think I will make a list sometime of the most dangerous things IDL will
> let you do.

Indeed, I stumbled onto this in an IDL programming class
I was teaching. But COMPILE_OPT STRICTARR in an IDL startup
file does wonders for re-programming the finger/brain
connections. :-)

Cheers,

David

P.S. Of course, the same thing is true of COMPILE_OPT DEFINT32.
VERY nice!

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David Fanning, Ph.D.
Fanning Software Consulting, Inc.
Coyote's Guide to IDL Programming: http://www.dfanning.com/
Sepore ma de ni thui. ("Perhaps thou speakest truth.")

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		Re: .compile_opt strictarr is persistent? By: badjelly.witch on Tue, 10 October 2006 13:38
		Re: .compile_opt strictarr is persistent? By: Maarten[1] on Tue, 10 October 2006 00:22
		Re: .compile_opt strictarr is persistent? By: Craig Markwardt on Mon, 09 October 2006 20:26
		Re: .compile_opt strictarr is persistent? By: Kenneth P. Bowman on Mon, 09 October 2006 17:15
		Re: .compile_opt strictarr is persistent? By: Michael Galloy on Mon, 09 October 2006 12:46
		Re: .compile_opt strictarr is persistent? By: Craig Markwardt on Mon, 09 October 2006 12:32
		Re: .compile_opt strictarr is persistent? By: K. Bowman on Mon, 09 October 2006 11:46
		Re: .compile_opt strictarr is persistent? By: David Fanning on Mon, 09 October 2006 11:40
		Re: .compile_opt strictarr is persistent? By: Michael Galloy on Mon, 09 October 2006 11:32
		Re: .compile_opt strictarr is persistent? By: David Fanning on Mon, 09 October 2006 11:00

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