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Re: DAT files: Do No Harm
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lugnet.cad.dev
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Thu, 22 Aug 2002 18:06:59 GMT
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In lugnet.cad.dev, Steve Bliss writes:
> > 1. Do no harm: never change a line unless it really has been edited
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> Yes!
does this include "don't add any new lines unless they're intentional"? As
in, a program shouldn't add (and forgive me if this is incorrect dat format):
0 edited by dan with DatZap on Tuesday
:)
Dan
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 | | Re: DAT files: Do No Harm
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| (...) Yes, we seem to see a lot of this sort of thing these days. 0 ROTATION CENTER 0 0 0 1 "Custom" I'd say leave it out unless it's actually being used. My guess is most of the time it's not. Don (22 years ago, 22-Aug-02, to lugnet.cad.dev)
| | | Re: DAT files: Do No Harm
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| (...) What about program extensions that modify the DAT code in some way? Are you suggesting that the author of a plugin shouldn't credit himself in the form of a DAT Comment? -Orion (22 years ago, 22-Aug-02, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: DAT files: Do No Harm
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| I don't have any comments, except to say that I agree with pretty much everything you wrote. And that I'd be very hard-pressed to actually implement some of it. And I didn't completely understand all of your points... (...) Yes! (...) Good idea, (...) (22 years ago, 22-Aug-02, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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