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Re: Nasty compatibility issue in lists and hashes (and maybe more?) [message #76306 is a reply to message #76305]

Thu, 26 May 2011 09:23

David Fanning
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Registered: August 2001

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David Fanning writes:

> Paulo Penteado writes:
>
>> After some time trying to figure out what was going on, I eventually
>> found that the changes in some classes between 8.0.1 and 8.1 break
>> compatibility of some savefiles, in both ways: not only 8.1 savefiles
>> cause trouble when restored in 8.0.1, but also 8.0.1 savefiles cause
>> trouble when restored in 8.1
>
> I have confirmed this is a problem on Windows computers, too.

I have been waiting for Paulo to fill you in on how this
problem can be resolved, but he appears to be out of his
office this morning. In the meantime, if you are interested,
I have posted an article on the topic.

http://www.idlcoyote.com/misc_tips/backsave.php

Cheers,

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

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		Re: Nasty compatibility issue in lists and hashes (and maybe more?) By: penteado on Thu, 26 May 2011 09:29
		Re: Nasty compatibility issue in lists and hashes (and maybe more?) By: David Fanning on Thu, 26 May 2011 09:23
		Re: Nasty compatibility issue in lists and hashes (and maybe more?) By: David Fanning on Thu, 26 May 2011 06:18

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