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Re: Exegesis 7: Overflow Fields

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From:
Smylers
Date:
February 28, 2004 07:40
Subject:
Re: Exegesis 7: Overflow Fields
Message ID:
slrnc41dhc.2i7.Smylers@stripey.com
Gregor N. Purdy writes:

> In "And now at length they overflow their banks." its not clear
> how an overflow field gets tied to its initial non-overflow field.
> In the recipe example given, how does it know to go with the
> $method field instead of the $prep_time field?

The definition given is:

  An overflow field automagically duplicates the field specification
  immediately above it.

The method field is immediately above the overflow field; the
preparation time field isn't.

Smylers


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