Re: proposal for cvs'ing 'with image'

[Daniel J S. <dan...@ie...>]

Hans-Bernhard Br=F6ker wrote:

> Daniel J Sebald wrote:
>
>> Well, breaking up the routine into modules is alright.  But I don't=20
>> agree that a df_readline() and a df_readbinary() is a good idea. =20
>> That would require a global variable travelling across datafile.c to=20
>> plot2d.c, etc.
>
>
> That cannot possibly be the case, given the fact that your current=20
> code manages without such a global, or any other indication of what's=20
> going on.  So it must obviously be able to figure out whether normal=20
> or binary file reading is being called for.  At the worst, you would=20
> need three routines:
>
> df_readbinary()
> df_readascii()       /* holds the bulk of what is now df_readline() */
> df_readline()       /* very short, just branches into one of the above=20
> two */=20


That is what I'm proposing.

Dan