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From: buzzard@world.std.com (Sean T Barrett)
Subject: Re: [Inform] List bits
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Date: Wed, 29 Nov 2000 18:26:16 GMT
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Neil Cerutti <cerutti@together.net> wrote:
>The main thing missing from the documentation on bit-fields is
>which ones simply don't work right when used together. In the
>list below, these bits are said to be in "opposition" to one
>another. There are also bits the effect of which are suppressed
>when used in certain situations. These situations are marked
>"no effect".
[snip]
>I hope this post has helped clear up some of the mystery
>surrounding the bit-field parameter to WriteListFrom. Any ideas
>about NOARTICLES_BIT or ALWAYS_BIT are welcome.

Cool. While this information is great when you want to roll
your own, I have a feeling that a list of the four or eight
most useful combinations (or say, the most commonly used
combinations) would be valuable in a different way--people
looking to use one of the common modes could just look for
theirs in a list of examples.

SeanB
