Re: [Fwd: gnubol: Record delimiter clause and parse order]

[Matthew Vanecek <linuxguy@directlink.net>]

fneale@tss.com.au wrote:
> 
> Actually, when you think about it, it really doesn't matter what we do with
> variable length records and their header as long as we can write and read
> them correctly.
> 
> Try as I might, I can't think of a single instance where a programme
> compiled with any other compiler is going to try to read a file full of
> variable length records created with "our" compiler.
> 
> In fact, I would even go so far as to say that I can foresee some extremely
> exotic results if I were to try to read a file of variable length records
> created with - say - a MicroFocus compiled programme with -say- an IBM
> ansi-63-going-on-85 compiled programme.
> 
> The whole point is that perhaps in this case we should concentrate on
> reading the records which we write.
> 

Of course, that will be nice.  I'll check if we have Appendix I in our
manuals at work, which i need to leave for now...My goal is to have as
much interoperability with existing programs as possible, including
minimalizing data file conversions.

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