Re: Array has a corrupted descriptor

[Reimar Bauer <r.bauer(at)fz-juelich.de>]

Stein Vidar Hagfors Haugan wrote:
> 
> Reimar Bauer <r.bauer@fz-juelich.de> writes:
> 
> > William Thompson wrote:
> > >
> > > Reimar Bauer <r.bauer@fz-juelich.de> writes:
> [...]
> > > >The error text is:
> > > >% Array has a corrupted descriptor: VAR
> [...]
> 
> > > I suspect that the function is calling external code via something like
> > > CALL_EXTERNAL or LINKIMAGE.  I've gotten error messages like that in
> > > the past
> > > when mixing IDL with external code.
> 
> >
> > In some of the functions is EXECUTE used (it's not easy to change them
> > to
> > call_function at them moement). CALL_EXTERNAL or LINKIMAGE isn't used.
> > Do you believe EXECUTE will be give this error too ?
> 
> I seem to remember that there was a bug in HISTOGRAM that could
> occasionally give such error messages.. Don't remember which IDL
> version (nor in what version the problem was fixed).
> 
> Are you able to pin down a repeatable case that will trigger the
> error? 

I hope I am able to build a smaller example, the one I have at the
moment
uses a lot of routines. 

>Does your routine call other routines that have
> call_external/linkimage/dlm code?

If it's possible to exclude dlms by storing only data to sav files
I have excluded already the ncdf dlm. 


I am not able to remove the execute on the third or fourth level
routines at the moment. This is planned.


regards 

Reimar

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