cdio(1)'s cdrip - why WAV?

[Jan Stary]

Hi all,

first of all, thanks to the authors of cdio(1), which
(as I just found) can even do ripping and cddb queries.

Regarding the cdrip feature, I have the following question:
why was WAV chosen as the format of the ripped tracks (as
opposed to raw CDR's whose format is known in advance) ?

        Thanks

                Jan Stary