Re: [Bug-gnubg] compile error

[Joseph Heled]

Achim Mueller wrote:
> * Jim Segrave wrote on 26 Okt 2004:
>
>
> > > Yep, it compiles now without errors, but I still have the "illegal
> > > character" problem when opening older analysed matches.
> > >
> > > Ciao
> > >
> > > Achim
> >
> > Can you send me such a match? 
>
>
> I'm sorry, but I'm an idiot ;-). 

We have no doubt about that :)
Seriously, this is just sub-par handling of error detection. I think we spoke 
about automatic detection of file formats before, either from file extension, 
file contents, or both.
Does anyone remember what happened to that? Or is my memory wrong?

-Joseph

> I have a directory actually
> containing only sgf-files. Unfortuantely there were also 4-5 *.mat
> files in it and as Murphy wants ... I opened one of these without
> looking at the file extension. Everything is fine now.
>
> Ciao
>
> Achim