This why the Kernel allowed the passing a some generic flags, like W,A,R,etc. This way the application is device and M independent. Obviously, the Kernel has not generalized all parameters that can be used in all M implementations. This is an area for enhancement to the Kernel device utilities.
----- Original Message ----- From: "Greg Woodhouse" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <hardhats-members@lists.sourceforge.net> Sent: Friday, August 26, 2005 1:10 PM Subject: Re: [Hardhats-members] Re: Binary Read/Writes That's why VistA applications are not allowed to OPEN or CLOSE devices on their own, and are not allowed to use builtins like $I and $P. The MDC may have thought that leaving these types of things up to the vendors was the right thing to do, but I believe it was a mistake. Something so basic as writing binary data to a file should not require implementation specific code. --- Kevin Toppenberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > so in OPEN^%ZISH, where I see such parameters, does that mean that > this is one of those areas that gets customized for the differenct M > environments? Must be so. ------------------------------------------------------- SF.Net email is Sponsored by the Better Software Conference & EXPO September 19-22, 2005 * San Francisco, CA * Development Lifecycle Practices Agile & Plan-Driven Development * Managing Projects & Teams * Testing & QA Security * Process Improvement & Measurement * http://www.sqe.com/bsce5sf _______________________________________________ Hardhats-members mailing list Hardhats-members@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/hardhats-members
