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 Message 1254 
 Kees van Eeten to Michiel van der Vlist 
 feature request 
 01 Oct 14 18:50:16 
 
Hello Michiel!

01 Oct 14 18:01, you wrote to me:

 KE>>  Should makenl_ng flag spaces in a node line as errors?

 MvdV> Definitely! According to FTS-5000 it IS an error.

 MvdV>   in all string fields unless specified otherwise.  Underscores (5Fh)
 MvdV>   are always used in place of spaces (20h).

 KE>> Should makenl_ng remove these spaces,

 MvdV> Or replace them with an underscore?

 That would be just as useless for a flag field as the space. The Flag would
 now certainly be ignored.

 KE>> probably a nono, as makenl should not apply automatic editing of
 KE>> nodelist lines..

 MvdV> Replacing with an underscore will most likely give the desired result in
 MvdV> the name fields. removing spaces will most likely result in line that
 MvdV> parses. Or it may produce another error.

 MvdV> Perhaps it is better to let a human judge.

 probaly.

 MvdV> But it definitely should be flagged as an error!

 right.

Kees

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