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Re: Proposed Showvar command
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Jon Diercks <[log in to unmask]>
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Jon Diercks <[log in to unmask]>
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Tue, 10 Dec 1996 12:35:38 -0400
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At 07:23 AM 12/10/96 PST, [log in to unmask] wrote:
>This may be picky, but I would like to see the scope print either in full
>or as a keyword instead of one-letter identifiers.  What if you come up
>with another scope identifier in the future that would best be suited to
>having the same first character?  Also, the output is much more readable
>by human beings.

Ken makes a valid point here.  I'd suggest splitting the difference by
keeping ;format=scope with the 1-char abbreviation for scope names, but
expand ;format=detail to use full scope names.
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