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Re: Warning: IDL 8.0 alters the behaviour of existing valid programs without any notice! [message #72172 is a reply to message #72167]

Wed, 18 August 2010 11:45

jeffnettles4870
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Registered: October 2006

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>
> For IDL 8, the rules have suddenly been changed, with no warning
> and no way to turn it off (other than staying with version 7).
>

I don't know how you can say there was no warning - ITTVIS has been
advertising the negative indexing feature for months now. And it was
completely obvious to me from the get-go that the new indexing would
have the effect on where() calls that you're talking about. It was
one of the first things I thought of.

> And although it's fine to say "some people just get what they
> deserve",
> the problem is that these people won't necessarily notice that
> anything
> is wrong, and others may rely on the false results.

I suspect that this is a danger with many, if not most, programs that
are shared with others. That's a testament to the need for due
diligence on the part of programmers in my book.

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		Re: Warning: IDL 8.0 alters the behaviour of existing valid programs without any notice! By: svhhaugan on Thu, 19 August 2010 04:57
		Re: Warning: IDL 8.0 alters the behaviour of existing valid programs without any notice! By: jeffnettles4870 on Wed, 18 August 2010 11:45
		Re: Warning: IDL 8.0 alters the behaviour of existing valid programs without any notice! By: svhhaugan on Wed, 18 August 2010 06:30
		Re: Warning: IDL 8.0 alters the behaviour of existing valid programs without any notice! By: Haje Korth on Wed, 18 August 2010 05:30
		Re: Warning: IDL 8.0 alters the behaviour of existing valid programs without any notice! By: Maarten[1] on Wed, 18 August 2010 05:14
		Re: Warning: IDL 8.0 alters the behaviour of existing valid programs without any notice! By: Chris[7] on Thu, 19 August 2010 12:35

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