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  • Subject: Re: Another RPG Suggestion
  • From: John P Carr <jpcarr@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Tue, 13 Jul 1999 18:34:10 -0400


>Sorry to ask, 
>
>but how about the the ability to define one field LIKE another in the D
>spec, but with the additional ability of changing the 
>DATATYPE and LENGTH,
 >as you can do in DDS. 
>
>I think this would be another feature that would save a lot of code
>crunching. 

THis is another one I asked for 2-3 years ago.   ALso the ability to
override all attributes,
like  decimal precision,  DFT value,  etc.

John Carr
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