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On 21-Jul-14 17:34, Randy Brukardt wrote:
> Ergo, the best thing to do with ATC is to ignore that it exists.

When you have advice like that it kinda indicates a mistake.
Would you call ATC a mistake? (I've never used it, so I can't REALLY say 
-- though it seems that perhaps an entirely different structure [rather 
than overloading SELECT] may've helped.)