missing atributes for variables in GDL

[alaingdl]

since idl 8.4, we can access to the attributes of variables https://www.l3harrisgeospatial.com/docs/variable_attributes.html

IDL> help, var
VAR             INT       = Array[72, 416, 9, 2225]
IDL> PRINT, var.length
   599788800
IDL> PRINT, var.typename
INT
IDL> PRINT, var.typecode
           2
IDL> PRINT, var.ndim
           4
IDL> PRINT, var.dim
          72         416           9        2225

I don't know if it would be difficult to have that in GDL but I received today a code using that to solve the concatenation issue in IDL !! (you cannot concatenate 4D cubes in IDL but you can in GDL :smile:) (as mention in the last lines of http://www.idlcoyote.com/tips/array_concatenation.html )

IDL> help, c1, c2  
C1              INT       = Array[72, 416, 9, 2225]
C2              INT       = Array[72, 416, 9, 2225]
IDL> c=[[[[c1]]],[[[c2]]]]  

c=[[[[c1]]],[[[c2]]]]
                     ^
% Only three levels of variable concatenation are allowed.

but

GDL> c=[[[[c1]]],[[[c2]]]]
GDL> help, c, c1, c2
C               INT       = Array[72, 416, 9, 4450]
C1              INT       = Array[72, 416, 9, 2225]
C2              INT       = Array[72, 416, 9, 2225]

[GillesDuvert]

Does not look to diificult, as 'var' is an object, so adding properties is part of the game?