Interpreter

You can modify the following preferences on the Preferences → IDL → Interpreter preferences page:

Option
Description
Default

Report floating-point math exceptions:

Set this preference to determine when math exceptions should be reported. Options are:

  • Never (0)
  • After execution (1)
  • Immediately (2)

After execution (1)

Output informational messages

Set this preference to stipulate whether you would like informational messages.

Checked (on)

Error message prefix:

Set this preference to specify if you would like error messages to be marked with a prefix.

None

Number of minimum elements:

Set this preference to the value of the !CPU.TPOOL_MIN_ELTS system variable, which sets the number of elements in a computation that are necessary before IDL uses the thread pool to perform the work.

100000

Number of maximum elements:

Set this preference to the default value of the !CPU.TPOOL_MAX_ELTS system variable, which sets the maximum number of elements in a computation for which IDL uses the thread pool.

0 (no maximum)

Number of threads to use:

Set this preference to the initial value of the !CPU.TPOOL_NTHREADS system variable, which sets the number of threads that IDL uses in thread-pool computations.

0 (use all CPUs)