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Re: idl syntax error [message #87945 is a reply to message #87944]

Wed, 05 March 2014 02:35

lecacheux.alain
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Registered: January 2008

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Le mercredi 5 mars 2014 10:37:17 UTC+1, Antoine Denazelle a écrit :
> Hi,
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> I'll make it short because I guess it will not be published...
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> I see a strange behaviour of IDL compiler concerning keywords.
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> First compilation points out a syntax error for this kind of line:
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> my_var= my_func( a, min=b, max=c) (error shows at "=b")
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> second compilation on a unix system points out no error.
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> My program works fine, I just wonder why this behaviour. I suspect that for it to appear with no error, some other compilations are needed...
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> Put min and max in high case doesn't change anything. min and max are maybe not the best name choices, but to change their name doesn't change the problem. (I call them like my predecessor did... )
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> Thank you in advance for publishing, and answering.
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> Thank you anyway, this newsgroup is a precious mine of informations!
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> Cheers,
>
> Antoine

You should not use IDL function names as keyword name. Please use for instance:
my_var = my_func( a, amin=b, amax=c)

alx.

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		idl syntax error By: Antoine Denazelle on Wed, 05 March 2014 01:37
		Re: idl syntax error By: lecacheux.alain on Wed, 05 March 2014 02:35
		Re: idl syntax error By: chris_torrence@NOSPAM on Wed, 05 March 2014 06:27
		Re: idl syntax error By: Antoine Denazelle on Thu, 06 March 2014 01:28
		Re: idl syntax error By: Antoine Denazelle on Thu, 06 March 2014 01:29

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