[fitsbits] BINTABLE/TABLE column count limitation

[Phil Hodge]

On 06/06/2012 12:31 PM, Lucio Chiappetti wrote:
> And the "once FITS forever FITS" principle makes rather tricky to go
> beyond the 8-char kwd name limit (unless one uses very specific
> conventions for very specific purposes, e.g. ESO HIERARCH)

Allowing keywords longer than eight characters is not the same as 
requiring it.  Existing files that are FITS-compliant would not be 
invalidated by allowing free-format header records.

Phil