On Tue, Aug 27, 2002 at 02:58:42PM -0400, Alex wrote: >> i want to here fromboth sides as to why to ornot to use asicc >> pfiles. >preference. not caring. maintainability. > >in order: >1) preference >2) not caring >3) maintainability Missed the only one that is real one-sided... 4: Extensibility. ASCII pfiles allow you to change/add-to/remove-from what is in the pfile with just a couple small changes (usually in db.c). Binary pfiles and you usually wind up having to write a li'l (yeah, it takes like 5 minutes and is really simplistic) hack to convert your old pfiles over each time you change ANYTHING that is stored there. -me -- +---------------------------------------------------------------+ | FAQ: http://qsilver.queensu.ca/~fletchra/Circle/list-faq.html | | Archives: http://post.queensu.ca/listserv/wwwarch/circle.html | | Newbie List: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/circle-newbies/ | +---------------------------------------------------------------+
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