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| Subject: | Re: Epics field names > 4 chars OK? |
| From: | Marty Kraimer <[email protected]> |
| To: | [email protected] |
| Date: | Thu, 05 Jun 1997 09:01:54 -0500 |
[email protected] wrote: > > Is it now legitimate to have field names in records which are longer > than four characters. > > It appears to work in R3.13.0beta10 (or maybe the 4 character limit was > lifted long ago)... Almost all (or perhaps all) code in iocCore has been changed to allow arbitrary length field names. HOWEVER. I would not try it. I have no idea what would break. This restriction has been removed as a step to the future. Marty Kraimer