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Re: OOB array indexing with an array gives no error message
- Subject: Re: OOB array indexing with an array gives no error message
- From: davidf(at)dfanning.com (David Fanning)
- Date: Fri, 4 Jun 1999 11:02:41 -0600
- Newsgroups: comp.lang.idl-pvwave
- Organization: Fanning Software Consulting
- References: <7j8vot$jgh@falcon.ccs.uwo.ca>
- Xref: news.doit.wisc.edu comp.lang.idl-pvwave:15065
Bobstrosity (dejastockwell@my-dejanews.com) writes:
> It seems that you can index an array with a "bad value"
> if that bad value is an array rather than a scaler.
>
> The Point: some code could potentially run off the end of
> an array by replicating the last part, without telling you.
It could indeed. On the other hand, I've seen many a good
IDL programmer use this feature to good advantage for
boundary error handling. :-)
Cheers,
David
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