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Subject: Re: Foxpro goto command and deleted records
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On Jul 18, 2012, at 12:57 PM, MRAB wrote:

>> 	#4 is probably the most Pythonic approach. The calling code can =
then decide how to react to attempting to access a deleted record. Even =
if you're accessing data stored in VFP tables, your module should be as =
Pythonic as possible.
>>=20
> I disagree. I think that if you can see it should be able to go to it.

	The use case was a deleted record with SET DELETED ON, which =
means you shouldn't "see" it.=20


-- Ed Leafe