Re: DLM returning a pointer...

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

Craig Markwardt wrote:
> 
> Randall Skelton <rhskelto@atm.ox.ac.uk> writes:
> > Hi all,
> >
> > I am trying to write a few IDL functions which mirror those of a C library
> > [...]
> 
> I don't think it would be wise to return a pointer, although
> technically it is possible.  You could in principle cast the pointer
> to an integer, and return the integer. 

... you probably meant an unsigned 64-bit value (in IDL speak
ULONG64).

Martin


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