Re: Common trouble

[Michael Asten <masten(at)mail.earth.monash.edu.au>]

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"Kristian Kjær" wrote:

> Kristian Kjaer (kristian.kjaer@risoe.dk) writes:
> > Q1: How do you delete a common block (other than by exiting IDL)?
>
> David Fanning wrote:
> < You can't. Once declared, it's there forever.
>

Ive been severely embarassed by common blocks from terminated programs
interfering with current programs.  Ive grumbled to RSI about this in
the past.  Fortunately help is at hand; RSI advise that idl5.3 has a
commandline command to reset everything without exiting idl.

>
> And the same goes for 'globals' defined by DEFSYSV, I think?
> - Kristian

I dont know about this one.

Regards,
Michael Asten