Hello Andrew!   
      
   02 Oct 14 14:10, you wrote to Michiel van der Vlist:   
      
    AL> I just dug through the code.  Currently leading or trailing spaces in the   
    AL> first 7 fields (keyword, number, name, location, sysop, telephone,   
    AL> baudrate) of a nodelist line will be removed.  The issue here is an   
    AL> incorrect entry with a space embedded in the flags field.  MakeNL has   
    AL> never done error checking on the flags, which is why ERRFLAGS was   
    AL> developed in the first place.  I suppose I could add basic error checking   
    AL> of the flags (probably limited to flagging illegal characters such as   
    AL> spaces.)  Anything more extensive would probably involve rewriting   
    AL> ERRFLAGS in C and merging it with MakeNL.  That is a project that would   
    AL> require extensive amounts of time to code, test, and debug.  Given that   
    AL> some of the current ZCs refuse to use ERRFLAGS, I don't imagine they would   
    AL> want to have the equivalent added to MakeNL.   
      
    I can agree with your agument. Considering the frequency of this error   
    ocurring, we should probably leave it as it is. And those who care can use   
    ERRFLAGS. Personally I think it would be an asset to makenl. The program   
    performs a basic set of errors, that should not occur and have to be repaired   
    anyway. All other checks are added via the configuration file.   
      
    As for the unwillingness to use ERRFLAGS, I can only guess.   
    I can think of some reasons. The main being that at first sight the   
    configuration file, was tailored to the likes of one ZC and that configuration   
    was more strickt than what other ZC allowed in their segments. Running the   
    program produced many error messages on Zone accepted notations.   
      
    If ERRFLAGS had been introduced with a very forgiving configuration file, it   
   would probably have had a better chance.   
      
    As a last the ERRFLAGS probanly suffered from the not invented here syndrome,   
    or the initiative to its development was taken by the wrong person.   
    I am not going into that argument.   
      
   Kees   
      
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