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Re: idl 5.3 runtime on idl 5.2 system work? [message #18328]

Wed, 22 December 1999 00:00

Liam Gumley
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Registered: November 1994

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wbiagiot@suffolk.lib.ny.us wrote:
> Well, they *might* work, but in your case it sounds like you are using a
> new/modified IDL 5.3 function. I doubt that their entire internal
> structure changed. In general David is right - it should't be expected
> to work. Kinda stinks if your are distributing applications
> because you need to have maintenance on ALL platforms ($$$).

The problem is not that a function may have changed in IDL 5.3. The real
issue is that the format of SAVE files which include compiled routines
is different in IDL 5.3. However as David pointed out, SAVE files which
include only data (variables) are backward and forward compatible.

Cheers,
Liam.

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Liam E. Gumley
Space Science and Engineering Center, UW-Madison
http://cimss.ssec.wisc.edu/~gumley

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		Re: idl 5.3 runtime on idl 5.2 system work? By: Liam Gumley on Wed, 22 December 1999 00:00
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