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AST_EXPORT
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Export an Object pointer to an outer context
- Description:
- This routine exports an Object pointer from the current AST context
into the context that encloses the current one. This means that
the pointer will no longer be annulled when the current context
is ended (with AST_END), but only when the next outer context (if
any) ends.
- Invocation:
- CALL AST_EXPORT( THIS, STATUS )
- Arguments:
-
THIS = INTEGER (Given)
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Object pointer to be exported.
-
STATUS = INTEGER (Given and Returned)
-
The global status.
- Class Applicability:
-
Object
-
This routine applies to all Objects.
- Notes:
- It is only sensible to apply this routine to pointers that
have been created within (or exported to) the current context
and have not been rendered exempt using AST_EXEMPT.
Applying it to an unsuitable Object pointer has no effect.
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AST A Library for Handling World Coordinate Systems in Astronomy
Starlink User Note 210
R.F. Warren-Smith & D.S. Berry
24th May 2011
E-mail:ussc@star.rl.ac.uk
Copyright (C) 2009 Science \& Technology Facilities Council