Re: winbin

[Marc Randolph <mrand@pobox.com>]

On Wed, Jun 14, 2000 at 01:24:16PM -0700, Eric Aos wrote:
> I have no problem with adding the functionality... it would be nice to keep
> a standard though. 
> 
> Have we learned enough that it's time for a newer standard ???
> 
> One limitation I've noticed is some furriners use a comma instead of the
> period to denote a decimal point... and the ECU file is nothing more than a
> comma delaminated file, so it throws everything off a step. 
> 
> Would also be nice to remove the number of character limitations for some
> headings. 
> 
> My vote is to go to a windows INI format, that would allow for adding new
> fields in the future, without breaking previous versions.

To aid in moving forward with a new format, could the INI format
support a backwards compatible format to allow people to not have to 
completely write their current .edu files?  Maybe just a header/label
saying "[Old format]" where everything following that label is in
the current .ecu format.

Or if that is more trouble than it is worth, I could just write a 
translation program, if there was a demand for it.

   Marc

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