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Re: Backwards Compatibility (Was Calling all Meta-commands)
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lugnet.cad.dev
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Sun, 16 Mar 2003 15:53:32 GMT
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On Sun, Mar 16, 2003 at 03:44:08PM +0000, Tim Courtney wrote:
> > > If non-programmers think the braces make it too difficult to enter by hand,
> > > I'm comfortable with not having them, and just using 0 META to specify
> > > meta-commands.
> >
> > I'm sorry, I can't understand why it's "too difficult" to enter {} by
> > hand. It's on the standard keyboard. The people who actually edit
> > stuff by hand have the requirement of knowing how to use a keyboard :)
> > I mean, when SMTP format was design, you think they were worried that
> > people will have a hard time typing "@"? *grin*
>
> I know how to use a keyboard. I'm talking convenience on the part of someone
> editing by hand. {} isn't necessary, so why add it to the mix?
Exactly because it's not likely to be used, ever, by mistake. Anyone
can put whatever comments they like in a dat, right? So if I write a
dat, and want to enter
0 METAL RAIL STARTS HERE
and typo it into
0 META LRAIL STARTS HERE
(which is a common mistake for me)
suddenly, my comment is going to be parsed as a meta command! While I
hope that no program will actually understand what the LRAIL
meta-command is, programs that do understand (and show) comments would
ignore this line - it's not a comment, it's a meta command.
By adding the {}, we ensure that a mistake like this just couldn't
happen. Or at least very unlikely to happen.
Just my $0.02
:)
--
Dan Boger
dan@peeron.com
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