Subj : Trailing comma
To   : Kees van Eeten
From : Michiel van der Vlist
Date : Fri Jul 27 2018 01:25:02

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

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