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Re: DAT files: Do No Harm
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Fri, 23 Aug 2002 05:25:24 GMT
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In lugnet.cad.dev, Steve Bliss writes:
In lugnet.cad.dev, Orion Pobursky wrote:

In lugnet.cad.dev, Dan Boger writes:
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

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?

Not in my DAT files, they shouldn't.  Especially not editing stuff.
Truly generated code, maybe it's alright.  It should always go at the
top, where it can be easily deleted.

Steve

I was thinking more along the lines of the output of my fexible object
Plugin for LDDesignPad.  I add some informational comments and credit myself
and Fredrik for the code generation.  Is this undesired?  If so, it can
easily be modified to the credit lines at the top, but what about the
informational lines I add.

-Orion



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  Re: DAT files: Do No Harm
 
(...) I haven't tried your plugin, so I can't really comment on the informational lines -- do they have to do with the data/code, or are they an "about the flexible object plugin" type of thing? Information about the data/code (how to use, source (...) (22 years ago, 23-Aug-02, to lugnet.cad.dev)

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(...) Not in my DAT files, they shouldn't. Especially not editing stuff. Truly generated code, maybe it's alright. It should always go at the top, where it can be easily deleted. Steve (22 years ago, 23-Aug-02, to lugnet.cad.dev)

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