Re: Question: intent of "set datafile binary"?

[Petr M. <mi...@ph...>]

> So far as I can tell, the command
>    set datafile binary
> does not accomplish anything at all.
>
> I had assumed it was intended to make subsequent input default
> to binary, but perhaps not.
>
> That is, I expected the two following sequences would produce
> the same result.  But they don't.  The second sequence tries
> to read the input as ascii.
>
> # All in-line
> plot 'foo' binary with image
>
> # Set defaults
> set datafile binary
> plot 'foo' with image

I think the command "set datafile binary" should not switch to binary 
reading because there is no an opposite switch like "plot 'bla' ascii".

I think it should behave this way:
gnuplot> set datafile binary
 			     ^
 			option expected


BTW: "show datafile binary" says
   "int64" (8) -- processor does not support this size
   "uint64" (8) -- processor does not support this size
but I think they are supported as "long long int" on i386.

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