Compiled Procedures and Functions

It is outside of the scope of this document to describe the records which contain compiled procedures or functions. The beginning of the record has the following format:

Format: COMPILED        (compiled procedure or function)

Type

Name

Description

RHDR

HDR

Block header record

STRING

PRONAME

Name of procedure or function (upper case ASCII)

LONG

LENGTH

Length of procedure (unknown units?)

LONG

N_VARS

Number of variables used in procedure

LONG

N_ARGS

Total number of parameters and keywords

LONG

PROFLAGS

Bit flags for procedure type, OR'd as follows:

'01'x	Record is a function; else, procedure
'02'x	Procedure accepts keywords
'08'x	Uses _EXTRA keyword parameter
'10'x	Unknown? (defined for every procedure)
'20'x	Record is a method
'40'x	Is a lifecycle method

$\vdots$

Undefined

$\vdots$

NOTES: The default is for all flags (except '10'x) to be zero, i.e., procedure which does not accept keywords and is not a method. Method-type procedures and functions apply to objects, are only meaningful in IDL 5.0 or greater. A ``lifecycle method'' is one which is used to create or destroy an object.