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Re: On-the-fly compilation of routines [message #63326 is a reply to message #63324] Thu, 06 November 2008 07:19 Go to previous messageGo to previous message
gsever is currently offline  gsever
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Registered: August 2008
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Hello,

Thanks for your inputs.

Could you please elaborate a little more your yes answers?

On Nov 6, 2:57 am, Reimar Bauer <R.Ba...@fz-juelich.de> wrote:
> gsever schrieb:
>
>> Hello,
>
>> I would like to know whether it is possible to compile a routine while
>> I am already running my main IDL program?
>
> yes
>
>> To illustrate more this, I will explain my intention a bit more. We
>> have a powerful IDL-based data analysis tool in our atmospheric
>> sciences department to analyze airborne acquired data. I am currently
>> working on a spectrum plot routine of the this tool-suite to make
>> small modification and learning purposes. I successfully debug the
>> routines from within the IDL Workbench, but whenever I make a change
>> on the program or wanted to set a new breakpoint I have to restart the
>> program and compile all the routines. My question is again, is there a
>> way to update my current routine in a way to see the changes are going
>> to be reflected without restarting and compiling everything?
>
> yes
>
>
>
>> Another point is, can we compile only the recently changed routines in
>> the beginning of each compilation process?
>
> yes
>
>
>
>> I appreciate your comments on these issues.
>
>> Thank you again.
>
> I have no idea how you organize your routines but there are common rules.
>
>  a) use one file per routine
>  b) name the file name of the file exactly the same as your routine
>   b.a) use the extension .pro
>  c) use always lower case file names.
>  d) make sure your file are saved in the the idl search path, check
>    !path
>
>  e) file a bug report if it does not behave (you already doing so)
>
> if not a) make sure the last routine in the file is the one used for the
> file name.
>
> For example just open the ide and call print, mean(findgen(10)).
> mean is a idl source function. You can open it by .edit mean on the idl
> input line.
>
> cheers
> Reimar
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