Re: NCVID not behaving as documented?

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• Subject: Re: NCVID not behaving as documented?
• From: swpayne@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (Steven W. Payne)
• Date: Tue, 30 May 1995 13:03:27 CDT

> Hello All,
> I have a quick question for everyone.  Has anyone noticed the NCVID
> fortran function exiting when encountering an unknown variable?  In my
> manual, v2.3, the function is supposed to return an error code through
> RCODE. 
> IMHO, this is terrible.  No library function should totally exit.  They should
> return proper error codes and allow the calling routines to trap the
> errors.  Any suggestions or hints?
> 
> Thank you,
> Steve
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>  Steve W. Payne --------------------- swpayne@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx --
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> 
It seems I missed the section on error handling.  I apologize for
wasting everyone's time.  I would like to say thank you to Peter Neelin
and Andrew Sundelin for their quick response.

Also, I would like to clarify that I am in no way critical of the
authors of this package.  They have done a wonderful job of developing a
universal standard for treating data.
Thanks all around,
Steve.
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 Steve W. Payne --------------------- swpayne@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx --
 MSU - Center for Air-Sea Technology  swpayne@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx  |
 Bldg. 1103, Room 237I                Tel.: (601)688-7141       |
 Stennis Space Center                 Fax:  (601)688-7100       |
 MS 39529-5005 --------------------------------------------------