On Wed, 18 Sep 2019 16:48:18 -0400, Tony Harminc wrote: >> >> LINES XXXXXXXX-YYYYYYYY SAME AS ABOVE >> >> in a memory dump. Does that mean the the single line (of 32-bytes) just >> before this line is copied as many times to fill in the space between >> XXXXXXXX and YYYYYYYY > >Yes - quite definitely. > >What I've wished for for decades is that if there is just one repeated >line, they not do the "same as above" processing. The message saves no >space and just distracts from the flow when reading. > Gee, they'd need to buffer an additional line to implement that logic.
(I know, it could be done with a one-bit flag. If they were so clever.) -- gil ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
