Re: object wizards

[Martin Schultz <martin.schultz(at)dkrz.de>]

Bernard Puc wrote:
> 
> Hello,
> 
>         Apparently, an array created with objarr() can only store one type of
> object.  And thats consistent with arrays of structures.  But, I want to
> store several different objects together somehow in a single variable.
> A structure doesn't work since I have a variable number of objects to
> store.  Therefore, is the only way to do this with an array of pointers,
> where each pointer references an object reference?
> 
> Any ideas much appreciated.
> --
> Bernard Puc                     AETC, INC.
> bpuc@va.aetc.com                1225 Jefferson Davis Highway #800
> (703) 413-0500                  Arlington, VA 22202


My advice would be to use a container. These are specifically designed
for this purpose. If you decide to do so, you may want to take a look
at my mgs_container object which you can find on my web pages:
http://www.mpimet.mpg.de/~schultz.martin/idl/
This extends the IDL_Container functionality by allowing object access
by name.

Cheers,
Martin

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