[fitsbits] start of Public Comment Period on CONTINUE Long Kwd convention

[Lucio Chiappetti]

Sorry for the late reply, I encountered this while reviewing the entire 
discussions.

On Thu, 25 Jun 2015, Tom McGlynn (NASA/GSFC Code 660.1) wrote:

> - I don't know if it would clarify things for users who have been used to 
> seeing a LONGSTRN keyword to add an historical note of the form:
>
> When long strings were supported as a convention, the LONGSTRN keyword 
> was used to signal the possible presence oflong strings in the HDU. 
> The use of this keyword is no longer required or recommended.

I do not think deviations from the standard wrt earlier conventions shall 
be marked in the standard. Their place is appendix H.3 (see last page of 
circulated draft). If the current mention of LONGSTRN is not enough, a 
sentence like yours could replace it (there).

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