Make new features default OFF!
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sasCommunity Forum : What I would like in SAS : Make new features default OFF!By Dmartin on Fri Jul 13, 2007 1:22 pm
This isn't a request for a specific new feature; it's a request pertaining to new features in general. Unless there is a VERY good reason to do otherwise, make new options default OFF!
Some people do switch back and forth between SAS versions for validation reasons, and some people exchange programs with others running a different version of SAS (I have done the former in the past and I am currently doing the latter).
The TOC_DATA option is a MAJOR pain in the a-- because it defaults ON in SAS version 9. I can't use NOTOC_DATA directly because I am exchanging programs with people using version 8 (which doesn't have NOTOC_DATA). I either put up with crud at the start of my tables in version 9 (I know what it's for; it's still crud because I don't need it and will cause problems if and when the tables are used in a document that has a table of contents) or I use some macro code to detect the SAS version and act on that basis. That wouldn't be necessary if the developer of that option was sensible and made it default off for backwards compatibility.
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