On Fri, 5 Apr 1996, JRhone wrote: > other than readability of the data files > is there any other signifigant reason why flags are converted to chars? > Have you ever edited a world file or created one offline? They are rather painful to create with bitvectors since you have to do a lot of addition with not exactly round numbers... putting in the letter method makes it a lot easier to actually create and edit an area offline (which many people do, regardless of OLC) Also, it eased my job a lot in converting the lib from 2.2 flags to 3.0 flags... let me tell you that. Phew. Erf. DNRC -- Minister of the Gratuituous Cluefish Attacks
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