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  3. July 2003

Re: Pros and Cons Of Reading Format Name Or File Name

Joe G wondered:

> I would be interested to see what others
> are doing (reading formats or file
> names) and opinions on this which is better.

Whomever <big fat grin> thinks they can say for certain which is 'better' is
more astute than I.  I prefer to use record format names for everything
because it is simply consistent.  When I see a read against a file name, I
know intuitively that I am dealing with a multi-format logical OR waiting on
I/O from a communications/display file.  It lets me see the
unusual/exceptional situations.
  --buck

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