[daip] new keyword in FITLD

[Eric Greisen]

Stefanie Muehle wrote:
> Hi Eric et al.,
> 
> recently, a MNJ patch changed the keyword INFILE to DATAIN in the task 
> FITLD. We first noticed this at our site (ASTRON/JIVE) after I ran the MNJ 
> about two weeks ago. Now, as other sites are updated, too, the first of 
> our VLBI users start to complain ... what are we to say? Could you please 
> let me know when exactly the keyword was changed and more importantly why? 
> Did I miss a communication with regard to that change-over?
> 

The adverb INFILE was changed to DATAIn in the inputs of FITLD.  A great 
many other adverbs were also changed.  The first time this would have 
appeared was October 14, 2008.  If your group is writing code that 
depends on AIPS not changing, then your group should make arrangements 
with me so that I can know who to notify or consult before I make 
changes.  Since, at present, no group has done that, I am free to do 
whatever I think best for AIPS users.  There has been enormous potential 
for error in string adverbs due to overuse - so that text files get 
appended or overwrite user's FITS outputs etc.  I changed a lot of 
string adverbs to attempt to reduce this problem.

Eric Greisen