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Re: Why save text item delimiters? Philosophical question....
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Re: Why save text item delimiters? Philosophical question....


  • Subject: Re: Why save text item delimiters? Philosophical question....
  • From: Michelle Steiner <email@hidden>
  • Date: Mon, 16 Jun 2003 10:42:51 -0700

On Monday, June 16, 2003, at 02:33 AM, John Delacour wrote:

And I (and apparently David) maintain that it's a waste of code because provided text item delimiters are set, if necessary, every time immediately before using them, there is no possibility of error.

So, two lines of code--one to save them and one to restore them-- in a sub routine is more of a waste than setting them to the same thing in the main body of the code?

If the main body of the code always uses a tab (for instance) as the text item delimiter, and the sub routine always uses a space (for instance), and the main body always uses them right after calling the sub routine, it is more of a waste of code to set them a dozen times than to save and reset them once.

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