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Re: [ddlm-group] Removing Octal,Hexadecimal and Binary as DDLm types
- To: Simon Westrip <simonwestrip@btinternet.com>, Group finalising DDLm and associated dictionaries <ddlm-group@iucr.org>
- Subject: Re: [ddlm-group] Removing Octal,Hexadecimal and Binary as DDLm types
- From: =?UTF-8?Q?Saulius_Gra=c5=beulis?= <grazulis@ibt.lt>
- Date: Mon, 19 Feb 2018 13:26:50 +0200
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On 2018-02-19 13:13, Simon Westrip wrote:> Hi James - I'd be inclined just to drop the types in DDLm.> Extending the semantics used for presenting numbers> seems like placing an unnecessary burden on CIF application developers> (obliged to look out for octal, hexadecimal, binary ...) May I chime in as an implementer: actually, burden is not so large; if standard (libc-compatible)representations are used, all these cases are handled by standardlibraries, no extra coding is necessary. Regards,Saulius -- Dr. Saulius GražulisVilnius University Institute of Biotechnology, Saulėtekio al. 7LT-10257 Vilnius, Lietuva (Lithuania)fax: (+370-5)-2234367 / phone (office): (+370-5)-2234353mobile: (+370-684)-49802, (+370-614)-36366_______________________________________________ddlm-group mailing listddlm-group@iucr.orghttp://mailman.iucr.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/ddlm-group
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