[V4REV] Constants. Plan 2.

[Ruslan Zasukhin]

On 6/20/05 12:04 PM, "Robert Brenstein" <rjb at robelko.com> wrote:

> Our emails just crossed in internet:) I suggested a moment ago to
> consider using
> 
> Create_VarChar( name, 1022, "fIndexed", "fIndexByWords" )
> 
> instead of the three variations above. This would be equivalent to
> 
> Create_VarChar( name, 1022,  "fIndexByWords", "fIndexed")
> 
> I think it would eliminate a number of support issues related to
> adding literal constants and keeping their order right.

No Robert, I think not good.
 
> External knows the number of parameters actually passed oand knows at
> which position the flags begin.

But it will not where they stop.

Also our error system says:

    you have error in the Nth parameter.

If flags will be splinted into several params  not good.

> It can self sort them into proper
> positions and sums (as in this case) when calling kernel. This can
> work, of course, only with passing literal constants, which seems
> that Ruslan just decided to do anyway.

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Best regards,

Ruslan Zasukhin
VP Engineering and New Technology
Paradigma Software, Inc

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