These program notes are taken from recent defgb comments provided by Warren Sass.
Lines 8 & 9 (of 4559) of jgofsroot/src/defgb/defgb.c are
* : For incompatibilies with def, see *
* : defgb_revision.doc *
Lines 7-26 (of 1592) of jgofsroot/src/defgb/defgb_revision.doc are
* Incompatibilities with def 1.7 (JGOFS 1.5 release) *
* 1) Ignore embedded comments anywhere *
* 2) Apostrophe is special character (unless changed w/ *
* datafieldopts optional file) *
* 3) Tab & newline characters must be data separators *
* 4) Data lines cannot begin with &x (unless recompiled w/ *
* different ERR_PREFIX string) *
* 5) Variables in data files don't have to appear at level *
* indicated in master variable list - can appear soon- *
* er and are copied later when needed *
* 6) Variable lists in subfiles need not be "master" lists *
* for later subfiles. First line of list is list for *
* subfile itself. Then lines are skipped until 1 *
* does not end in > *
* 7) Subfiles need not supply sub-subfiles even if master *
* level indicates that sub-subfiles exist. "nd"s will *
* be automatically inserted in such cases. *
* 8) Arguments that begin w/a % are subject to decoding be- *
* fore further processing (also implies that no arg *
* to outer can begin w/%) *