On Tue, Nov 14, 2000 11:40 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>The format is described in the page:
>
> ftp://209.133.33.182/pub/valor/mformat.htm
>
>Any comment, suggestion?.
I would suggest one change. In your initial block, only put one item of
information -- the version number for the file format. Put everything else
currently in your block 0 into a subsequent block. Then increment the
format version whenever any changes or additions are made to the format.
This will make
later modifications a bit easier.
With your current format, changes in the definition of the first block are
likely. Why not make one block that is "safe", with a never-changing
format, so any program will always be able to read and understand the first
block? It only costs 8 more bytes.
Maybe you should allow more room for identifying the program. Each program
goes
through multiple versions, but you don't have room for the version. Maybe
an identifying number, and also a fixed-length, blank-padded character
string.
Glucas is still on my to-do list, but I haven't had many spare cycles
lately. Sorry.
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