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echo: ftsc_public
to: CAROL SHENKENBERGER
from: NICK ANDRE
date: 2017-10-18 20:44:00
subject: Re: Recent stuff

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On 15 Oct 17  20:29:30, Carol Shenkenberger said the following to All:

CS> Hi all, there hasn't been much going on but the FTSC did release an INA fla
CS> cleanup.  Mostly to get the position of the flag in a consistant location. 
CS> Makes it easier for programmers.

I doubt that is the case and I seriously doubt there is a mailer or nodelist
compiler that cannot process flags beyond the baudrate unless they sit in a
particular position.

Even if there was, it is almost certain that such product would not know what 
an INA flag is (or maybe even the CM or MO flag for that matter). Two outcomes
in that case - the nodelist compile fails, or the flag is ignored.

It is very easy to write a nodelist compiler. String parsing is 
programming-101. Expecting flags at set locations is sheer morbid laziness.

Nick

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