I didn't see this in a search, but wouldn't be surprised if it is already here.
I personally hate auto growing structures. I find I spend more time downsizing them after laying out the internals than I do increasing the size when it is turned off. So I have the gloabl setting turned off, so all structures I create do not auto grow.
The problem? This doesn't override the structures auto grow setting. So, if I get code from someone else who had it turned on, then I have auto growing structures.
I see 3 potential solutions:
- Change the existing global setting to not drop auto growing structures to also override the setting of existing structures (the structure setting doesn't have to change, hust override it). I am even open to not having the structures have individual settings, either they all do or they all don't. But, I could see the argument for keeping that setting, especially since it is already there. I just would like to see it get overridden by a global setting.
- Change the existing global setting to only enable or disable growing. All structures by default are dropped with auto grow enabled.
- If the current behavior is still desired, then add a new setting that enables or disables autogrowing structures globally. This way, I could drop auto growing structres, but LabVIEW will ignore the setting if I don't want the behavior.
This would allow programmers with different preferences to both use the same code and not be annoyed by not having the desired behavior. I think #3 is probably the best solution to the problem, as you can maintain existing behavior and simply AND it with the new global setting.
