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Re: Simple bug in IDL 5.4 compiler under Win2000 [message #27521]

Mon, 29 October 2001 07:48

thompson
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Registered: August 1991

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Joe Means <joe.means@orst.edu> writes:

> Rick,
> Regarding your question about whether this behavior is a bug, my
> rationale for saying so is that it the offending statement contains no
> incorrect IDL syntax that I can see.
> Joe

Actually, I would argue that writing a number as simply "1d" is incorrect
syntax, or at least sloppy syntax. IDL lets you get away with it in most cases
(obviously not here), but the number really should be written as "1d0".

Sorry, I don't mean to come off as harsh.

William Thompson

> Rick Towler wrote:

>> Bug? I don't know.
>>
>> But I can confirm that as written, I get the same error in IDL 5.4 and
>> 5.5(beta) on Win2k and in IDL 5.3 and 5.4.1 on Solaris (sunos sparc).
>>
>> FWIW, if you put spaces around your "+" you don't get the error:
>>
>> -Rick
>>
>>
>> "Joe Means" wrote in message news:3BD85C6F.8040606@orst.edu...
>>
>>> This looks like a simple bug in the IDL 5.4 compiler under Windows2000.
>>> If others confirm this, then RSI you may want to take note. Perhaps it
>>> is fixed in 5.5 which I cannot afford yet.
>>>
>>> PRO Showbug
>>>
>>> numAll1Rets = 6
>>> segmentT = 2d
>>>
>>> distancesT = segmentT*(Dindgen(numAll1Rets-2)+1d)
>>>
>>> distancesT = segmentT*(1d+Dindgen(numAll1Rets-2))
>>> ;This second statement generates a compile error:
>>> ;%Syntax error.
>>>
>>> Return
>>> End
>>>

> --
> Joseph E. Means
> Assistant Professor, joe.means@orst.edu
> Department of Forest Science
> Oregon State University
> Corvallis, OR 97331-5752
> 541-750-7351

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		Re: Simple bug in IDL 5.4 compiler under Win2000 By: thompson on Mon, 29 October 2001 07:48
		Re: Simple bug in IDL 5.4 compiler under Win2000 By: Joe Means on Fri, 26 October 2001 12:16
		Re: Simple bug in IDL 5.4 compiler under Win2000 By: R.Bauer on Fri, 26 October 2001 05:01
		Re: Simple bug in IDL 5.4 compiler under Win2000 By: David Fanning on Thu, 25 October 2001 15:05
		Re: Simple bug in IDL 5.4 compiler under Win2000 By: Rick Towler on Thu, 25 October 2001 14:45
		Re: Simple bug in IDL 5.4 compiler under Win2000 By: Joe Means on Thu, 25 October 2001 12:45
		Re: Simple bug in IDL 5.4 compiler under Win2000 By: Dick Jackson on Thu, 25 October 2001 12:44
		Re: Simple bug in IDL 5.4 compiler under Win2000 By: Rick Towler on Thu, 25 October 2001 12:02
		Re: Simple bug in IDL 5.4 compiler under Win2000 By: Foldy Lajos on Mon, 29 October 2001 09:43
		Re: Simple bug in IDL 5.4 compiler under Win2000 By: tam on Mon, 29 October 2001 08:55

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