[snip]
> The Stella Programmer's Guide dates from 1979, and clearly lists names for a
> majority of the registers. By the above rules, those names should take
> absolute priority over all others in use. We will all understand them, and
> we should all use them. Registers which are not defined in that document,
[...]
> I was given a lot of help by the people on this list. In return, I will be
> delighted to help others where I can. But, and here's the rub, I expect to
> have certain standards in place (..."by which people are able to communicate
> and understand each other without having first to learn the
> terminology..."). If somebody submits code and asks for help - and that
> code does NOT adhere to our commonly used and/or agreed standards - then I
> am much much less likely to help.
>
> Perhaps we should form a [stella] list sanctioned "official" vcs.h register
> naming committee. I do not believe embedding VCS.H inside your source is a
> good way to go - it presupposes a single source file, which is not always
> the case. If we had a standard [stella] VCS.H then I would use it - even if
> some of the names weren't the ones I was used to.
I'm definately in favor of the status quo (in terms of programs usually including a standardish VCS.H--not the status quo of not having a definitive
standard for that file.) Ideally this effort to make a canonical VCS.H
should pick up where the last one left off...currently I'm a bit swamped
time wise, but if someone was up to checking out the archives, I'd
support them (might even put in a plug for the canonical VCS.H in
"2600 101", explaining the value of coding against a single standard.)
I remember grabbing an incorrect VCS.H early on, one that didn't have
INTIM.
I (somewhat) humbly submit that once we have a canonical version
most people are happy with, the Dig should remove or at least *clearly*
mark as "deprecated" all the other VCS.H on the Docs page...having 4 or 5
listed there and all given equal weight is counter-productive...
(at very most we should have two, one fully annotated and one minimal,
but I think it would be fine to just have the one fully annotated,
since the file ain't *that* big, and you don't have to look at the
comments once the vcs.h is sitting in the directory.)
--
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"Whatcha doin'?" "Looking for frogs."
"How come?" "I must obey the inscrutable exhortatons of my soul."
"Ah. But of course." "My mandate also includes weird bugs."
--Hobbes and Calvin
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