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Article #37846Re: GEMDOS Extended Argument Standard
From: Allan Pratt
Date: Fri, 07 Apr 1989 19:42
Date: Fri, 07 Apr 1989 19:42
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In article <536@bdt.UUCP> david@bdt.UUCP (David Beckemeyer) writes: > ... I propose a new GEMDOS trap function code > which requests the extended arguments. This way new programs must > explicitly ask for the extended arguments, so there will be no confusion > about whether the program knows what it's doing or not. Unfortunately, it's too late to put something like this in TOS 1.4, and we'd like to establish a new standard sooner than we can get another TOS release out. To require an OS upgrade for people to get the benefit of extended arguments is really more trouble than we'd hoped for; almost ANYTHING (including ARGV= and xArgs) is preferable to that. ============================================ Opinions expressed above do not necessarily -- Allan Pratt, Atari Corp. reflect those of Atari Corp. or anyone else. ...ames!atari!apratt
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!ames!amdcad!sun!imagen!atari!apratt From: apratt@atari.UUCP (Allan Pratt) Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st Subject: Re: GEMDOS Extended Argument Standard Keywords: dlibs, xargs, argv, gemdos, argument passing Message-ID: <1443@atari.UUCP> Date: 7 Apr 89 19:42:49 GMT References: <1405@atari.UUCP> <558@tukki.jyu.fi> <536@bdt.UUCP> Reply-To: apratt@atari.UUCP (Allan Pratt) Organization: Atari (US) Corporation, Sunnyvale, California Lines: 15