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Re: temporary() pitfall
- Subject: Re: temporary() pitfall
- From: davidf(at)dfanning.com (David Fanning)
- Date: Mon, 18 Dec 2000 16:20:06 -0700
- Newsgroups: comp.lang.idl-pvwave
- Organization: Fanning Software Consulting
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- Xref: news.doit.wisc.edu comp.lang.idl-pvwave:22669
Wayne Landsman (landsman@my-deja.com) writes:
> One reason I don't have complete confidence in this result is that at
> least one RSI-supplied procedure (laguerre.pro) includes the statement
>
> xPrec = FLOAT(TEMPORARY(xPrec))
>
> which I'd say is a useless use of TEMPORARY().
Uh, let's not get started on the quality of RSI-supplied
IDL code. :-(
Cheers,
David
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