Stack Opens Manually But Script Thinks It's Corrupted?

[Richard Gaskin]

Keith Martin wrote:

>> So the central question is: Which shoud be the default, the HC model which
>> alters the data or the SC model that doesn't?
> 
> Personally, I prefer the idea that a request for something without
> added instructions should get everything that's asked for, intact and
> unaltered. Adding additional elements to the read request is what I'd
> prefer to cause 'custom' behaviour in the data acquisition, such as
> massaging to suit certain formats and uses.
> 
>> But in spite of my own initial tantrum I've come to appreciate the
>> flexibility, and since most of my reads are with text files I love the
>> platform-independence granted by having the default option take care of line
>> endings without having to think about it.
> 
> A good point. But I still feel that simpler requests should get
> simpler results - 'simple' meaning without extra things happening to
> what you're getting. When deeper involvement is needed, ask the
> engine for it. :-)

In principle I agree wholeheartedly.
In practice, well, _you_ tell 13 years' worth of users they need to rewrite
their scripts. ;)

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