Date:	Wed, 16 Sep 1998 01:35:11 +0200 (METDST)
Message-Id:	<199809152335.BAA22559@tyr.diku.dk>
From:	Morten Welinder <terra AT diku DOT dk>
To:	dj AT delorie DOT com
CC:	djgpp-workers AT delorie DOT com
In-reply-to:	<199809152120.RAA08510@delorie.com> (message from DJ Delorie on
	Tue, 15 Sep 1998 17:20:39 -0400 (EDT))
Subject:	Re: auto-binary-mode?
References:	<199809152120 DOT RAA08510 AT delorie DOT com>

You don't want that as a default.

From the user's point of view this will look like magic.  When it
does not work it will look like black magic: "...but if I insert
an extra blank line here, it works.  How come?" or "It works with
some image files, but not with others.  Strange!"

You don't want to think about what happens if you change the algorithm
or just the block size.

You will break also break TCC/BCC compatibility if it was ever
there.

Morten

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