HP-41C IL Module Question

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(01-12-2021 06:39 PM)Craig Bladow Wrote:  Something that I have always found odd is the WRTS/WRTA functions, which as part of their operation save the contents of the ALPHA register, but necessarily need the file name in the ALPHA register, which somewhat reduces the intended benefit of these functions in my mind.

I agree that ALPHA is lost, but when you look at all the other HP-IL file functions, ALPHA is used uniformly for "filename" or one of the variant like "progname,filename" or "oldname,newname".
Personally, I prefer consistency.

(01-12-2021 06:39 PM)Craig Bladow Wrote:  So am I correct that expansion module functions can't take a following alpha string?

Sorry, I do not understand the question and which module you are talking about. XFM ?

edit: typo