Hi, Michiel!

19 Nov 02 11:25, Michiel van der Vlist said to Alex Shakhaylo:

 AS>> Let you find at least one particular software (except
 AS>> makenl) that will not work.

 MV> That's putting the cart befopre the horse. You are the one proposing a
 MV> change. The onus of proof that it will not harm anyone is upon you.
 MV> You prove to me that there is no software (oter than makenl) that has
 MV> a problem with it.

But you know there is no way to prove it. I should test all the existing
software and that is impossible. But I have a way to avoid the problems,
this way is the patcher.

 AS>> if you do, I promise to manage a little nodelist patcher for
 AS>> this particular software that will insert 'pvt' keyword
 AS>> into the entries with -Unpublished- phone.

 MV> 1) Will it run on a Mac?

It will be written in plain ansi ‘, I hope we will find a person to
compile it for MAC.

 MV> 2) How are you going to handle the case where there is already
 MV> something in the first field, like Hub or Host?

This is more interesting question. It seems Hub and Host conception
must be thought out, but till then we should not have Hubs and Hosts
without the real phonenumber.

 AS>> Let us be specific. I need examples of software (except
 AS>> makenl). As a programmer you know pretty well that patcher
 AS>> I'm talking about is a matter of 10-40 minutes in plain ansi C

 MV> You obviously haven't thought this through very well. Indeed making a
 MV> programme that inserts Pvt when -Unpublished- is present, is a piece
 MV> of cake. But only if the first field is empty. And if it is, why not
 MV> put the Pvt there in the first place? It is a useless exercise as it
 MV> is purely cosmetic.

It is not useless as far as we don't have anything else except pvt, hold
and down in the first field followed by -Unpublished- phone in the current
nodelist. It is not universal solution, but it is step forward.

 AS>> C and can be compiled and linked under and for any platform.

 MV> Only for those platforms that a C compiler is available for. Can you
 MV> compile it fo rthe Mac?

I'm not sure, but I can compile it for IBM-370.

Bye, Sinc, Alex

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