Re: Problems with IDL call_external to C shared object

[Nigel Wade <nmw(at)ion.le.ac.uk>]

Mark Rivers wrote:
> 
> I've done a lot of this, and it's not that hard, don't give up!
> 
> Here are some tricks:
> 
> - All arrays which need to be passed between IDL and C must be allocated in
> IDL, as J.D. Smith said.  This includes both arrays being passed from IDL to
> C and from C back to IDL.  Sometimes this requires an initial call to the C
> code to return the array sizes which IDL will allocate, if the array sizes
> are not known to IDL beforehand.
> 

Alternatively, you can use the LINKIMAGE or DLM interface where the C
code
can create any IDL variable required. Albeit at the expense of a greater
learning curve.

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