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<P><FONT SIZE=2>Agree with you completely Dirk !</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>as they say at Microsoft....</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>"it's not a bug, it's a feature !" :-)</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>> -----Original Message-----</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> From: Dirk Koopman [<A HREF="mailto:djk@tobit.co.uk">mailto:djk@tobit.co.uk</A>]</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> Sent: Tuesday, November 13, 2001 12:35 PM</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> To: dxspider-support@dxcluster.org</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> Subject: Re: [Dxspider-support] bug in Spot::formatb</FONT>
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<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> On Mon, 2001-11-12 at 09:38, Filip Jonckers wrote:</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> > Dirk,</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> > </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> > probably a very small bug...</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> > but could be a possible source of dupe spots</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> > if someone has a user connection to a spider</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> > </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> > saw this spot:</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> > </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> > DX de VR2XMT: 50150.0 GM0PLH noise here QSY back 160</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> > 0925Z</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> > DX de ON4NA: 21253.6 JH4TEW KAZU INNOSHIMA ISL </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> AS 117 IF N</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> > 0927Z</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> > DX de F8TSV: 14023.1 VK3XU cw >50w 599</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> > 0926Z</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> > </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> > noticed that the text of the ON4NA spot was 1 char too long</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> > looking at the code, there is no maximum length defined</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> > </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> > perl/Spot.pm line 276:</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> > return sprintf "DX de %-7.7s%11.1f %-12.12s %-29s %s$loc", </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> "$_[4]:",</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> > $_[0], $_[1], $_[3], $t ;</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> > </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> > should probably be:</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> > return sprintf "DX de %-7.7s%11.1f %-12.12s %-29.29s </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> %s$loc", "$_[4]:",</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> > $_[0], $_[1], $_[3], $t ;</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> ></FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> This is a subject of some debate. It is the way it is because I</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> (currently) think that is the way it should be. I considered doing it</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> the way you suggest but rejected it. </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> The argument goes something like this:-</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> 1) What comes in, either goes out exactly as it comes in or is dropped</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> (not sent anywhere).</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> 2) If there is some user displayable content then it should ALL be</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> displayed (as all of it may be relevant).</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> 3) I don't approve of spot suckers using user links. I am NOT going to</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> modify my behaviour to make their job easier (which isn't particularly</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> hard anyway). I can write programs that cope with </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> 'overlength' comments,</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> so why can't they? (This goes for the DXTelnet/other 'user' </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> programs as</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> well BTW).</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> 4) The only places that would have dupe problems is in other software</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> that doesn't adhere to the standards which the modern cluster software</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> authors have agreed to. AK1A has dupe problems - period.</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> > </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> > You see Dirk, I'm already going through a lot of code...</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> > b.t.w. very nice written !</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> > </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> Thank you very much.</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> Dirk G1TLH</FONT>
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