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%                    B E G I N _ P R O C E S S I N G _ S T E P . M 

%                    doc: Fri Jun 25 16:13:41 2004

%                    dlm: Thu Jun 26 13:47:02 2008

%                    (c) 2004 ladcp@

%                    uE-Info: 13 50 NIL 0 0 72 2 2 8 NIL ofnI

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% start new processing step (in [process_cast.m])

% HISTORY:

%   Jun 25, 2004: - created

%   Jun 26, 2008: - BUG: typo related to eval_expr

msg = sprintf('#################### step %d: %s ',pcs.cur_step,pcs.step_name);

while length(msg)<70, msg = [msg '#']; end

disp(msg);

if pcs.cur_step == pcs.begin_step

  save_pcs = pcs; % save state

  disp(sprintf('LOADING CHECKPOINT %s_%d',f.checkpoints,pcs.cur_step-1));

  load(sprintf('%s_%d',f.checkpoints,pcs.cur_step-1));

  disp('RE-LOADING PER-CAST PARAMETERS');

  set_cast_params;

  if ~isempty(save_pcs.eval_expr)

    disp(sprintf('EVALUATING EXPRESSION <%s>...',save_pcs.eval_expr));

    eval(save_pcs.eval_expr);

  end

  pcs = save_pcs; % restore state

  clear save_pcs;

end

if pcs.stop < 0 & pcs.cur_step == pcs.target_begin_step

  pcs.stop = 0; % can be overridden interactively

  disp(sprintf('entering DEBUG mode BEFORE step %d (%s)',pcs.cur_step,pcs.step_name));

  disp(sprintf('(next stop = %d; type "return" to continue, "dbquit" to abort)',pcs.stop));

  keyboard;

  more off; % just in case...

end

last_toc = toc;