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Re: 8.0 name conflict [message #72080]

Thu, 12 August 2010 08:07

wlandsman
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On Aug 12, 10:04 am, Paulo Penteado <pp.pente...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Aug 12, 10:54 am, Jeremy Bailin <astroco...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Or you can set up a startup file that compiles it, as Mark mentioned
> above.
>
I will probably do both, keep legend.pro but warn users to compile it
in their startup, and also include a new file ial_legend.pro that
performs the same tasks.

> I had been for some time wondering if/when those main libraries that
> people use (IDLAstro included) are going to get their routine names
> changed to something unique, such as by adding a prefix.

IDL is often used for quick and dirty analyses, and for these cases a
function or variable that is easy to type has its virtues. (To reply
to an earlier comment from Bennett -- that is why I liked to use the
variable name 'list' for a set of integers.) So I will probably
modify library names on an "as needed" basis. --Wayne

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		Re: 8.0 name conflict By: wlandsman on Thu, 12 August 2010 08:07
		Re: 8.0 name conflict By: penteado on Thu, 12 August 2010 07:04
		Re: 8.0 name conflict By: Jeremy Bailin on Thu, 12 August 2010 06:54
		Re: 8.0 name conflict By: Mark Piper on Thu, 12 August 2010 06:47

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