Re: Are indicators evil creatures or victims of poor shop standards?

The very necessity for such a standard is an indication of what can go wrong.
I have never seen a site or system that religiously adheres to standards.
Why could not the compiler have been designed to implement this standard.
(On the other hand with the RPG cycle and display files my question answers
itself)

boothm@earth.Goddard.edu wrote:

> Our shop standard on indicators is quite simple.  Indicators 1 through 24
> are reserved, and all indicators in the 50s and the  90s are work
> indicators that may be used and then abandoned.  It is understood that one
> can not depend on a setting being retained past the immediate location.
> All other indicators, if used, are defined and documented.   As a result
> not many other indicators get used excepting for display screen needs. The
> rule is simple and effective.


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