Re: Named and Anonymous structures ? [message #5111] |
Mon, 09 October 1995 00:00  |
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Messages: 228 Registered: March 1991
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In article <DG1EBF.FrJ@rivm.nl>, robk@rivm.nl (Rob Koopman) writes:
> I could use a refreshing idea to get me out of a problem related to
> structures in IDL:
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> I must read binary data with variable format and had no problem to
> write an extraction programme that reads one file per IDL session,
> but my main problem now is that named structures cannot be changed once
> defined, and at the same time, anonymous structures (which can be
> changed) cannot be part of other anonymous structures.
I just ran a test under IDL 4.0.1 and created an anonymous structure which
contained another anonymous structure. I seem to recall that that limitation
was lifted some time ago. I think you need to upgrade to a more recent
release of IDL.
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