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Subject: Re: CALC expression
From: Luedeke Andreas <[email protected]>
To: Andrew Johnson <[email protected]>
Cc: [email protected]
Date: Thu, 30 Sep 2010 08:53:08 +0200
Andrew Johnson wrote on 29/09/10 01:07:
>> What do people think of the idea of increasing the size of the CALC field
>> beyond 40 characters for R3.14.12? [...]
>> To what size?
>>     
Here are my 2 cent.
I vote for 80 for the following reasons:

a) A longer CALC/OCAL string will be unreadable again, even with nicer
syntax.

b) For small systems, one can stick to the second last 3.14.11.
When specific 3.14.12 feature are needed, use specific patches,
or use the 3.14.11 code for the calc/calcout with 3.14.12.
If you have tiny systems like that (and it is not a legacy),
you'll likely already know how to do that ;-)

c) It will solve the CALC/OCAL string limitation for all people that do
not intend to move to any 3.15 version soon.

Andreas

References:
CALC expression Andrew Wagner
Re: CALC expression Andrew Johnson
Re: CALC expression J. Lewis Muir
Re: CALC expression Andrew Johnson

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