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xpl annotation [was Re: Uploads: Correction]



≪	Keep in mind that you can put as much text as you want
in an XPL program, either after the exit command or at the beginning,
between a ≪GLxx≫ command and a ≪LBxx≫ command. ≫ --Nathan Sivin

You can do a lot of things in an xpl program, but pad it this way
at your peril. From Herb Tyson's "XyWrite Revealed" (emphasis mine):

"Some XyWrite users use LB statements for documentation
inside an XPL program. [... S]uch labels consume program
memory, sometimes at an alarming rate. Despite what you may
have been told about annotating your programs, a better
practice is to create an annotated version [...] for
reference, and keep the actual program as clean as possible. [...]

Everything included in an XPL file, even if bypassed
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
using logic, is loaded into memory at run time.
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

[...] Often, eliminating excess verbiage is all that's
needed to get a program running correctly." 			--a

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