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Named parameters

A more flexible method to specify new value of the parameter is to use the syntax : 

      name=value

Using this syntax, one can specify new value for the parameters in any order. Thus : 

      ISDCCopy OutFile="mycopy.fits" InFile="sample45.fits"

and 

      ISDCCopy InFile="sample45.fits" OutFile="mycopy.fits"

are equivalent. Furthermore, since spaces are allowed around '=' separator, than all the following formats are equivalent : 

      ISDCCopy OutFile=mycopy.fits
      ISDCCopy OutFile =mycopy.fits
      ISDCCopy OutFile= mycopy.fits
      ISDCCopy OutFile = mycopy.fits

note: any positional parameters must precede parameters given with name=value syntax.

PIL C/C++ Language Interface

Bryan Irby 2004-10-05