Re: brain twister

[Paul van Delst <pvandelst(at)ncep.noaa.gov>]

Craig Markwardt wrote:
> 
> Okay, enough ideology for one week.

That's *almost* a pun. :o)

> 
> ----- Example 2
> .comp
> function test2, x
>   return, x
> end
> 
> a = dindgen(5)
> (test2(a))[2] = -2
> print, a

You're right...this is weird. If you do a help:

IDL> help, test2(a)
A               DOUBLE    = Array[5]

How come the result isn't

<Expression>    DOUBLE    = Array[5]

???


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