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   Michiel van der Vlist to Kees van Eeten   
   Trailing comma   
   30 Jul 14 12:30:37   
   
   Hello Kees,   
      
   On Wednesday July 30 2014 12:04, you wrote to me:   
      
    MvdV>> Got it, applied it to the R28 segment and it works as expected.   
    MvdV>> No trailing comma for 2:280/127.   
      
    MvdV>> Keep up the good work!   
      
    KE>  Are you aware that implementing this option, will create difficulties   
    KE> for those who build their Nodelist from the previous list and a diff.   
      
   I don't see the problem. As far as diff processing is concerned, removing or   
   adding a comma is no different than any other change in the nodelist.   
      
    KE>  It will only work if all convert to this option at the same time.   
      
   Why? I used to send R28 segments to Ward with a trailing comma at 280/127.   
   From now on I send an R28 segment to Ward without the trailing comma for   
   280/127. The latter is now processed by without Ward's ERRFLAGS flagging it a   
   s an error.   
      
   What will go wrong next Friday when the diff is processed?   
      
    KE>  Blowing this problem away with: "there is no need to use diffs as the   
    KE> full list is small enough", is not a solution.   
      
   As I see it, there is no problem.   
      
      
   Cheers, Michiel   
      
   --- GoldED+/W32-MSVC 1.1.5-b20130111   
    * Origin: http://www.vlist.eu (2:280/5555)   

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