read_xpt() - Missing width attributes and format.sas mismatch

[cpiraux]

When I create XPT files and add attributes for the length (width) and SAS format (format.sas), I notice that when we read the XPT file, read_xpt(), the width attribute and the period at the end of the SAS format are missing.

When doing double programming, we need to ensure that both production and QC match, and that the attributes are correctly applied to the XPT file. Since format.sas and width differ after using read_xpt(), we encounter mismatches in attributes when using diffdf.