[patch #6303] Support alternate format for variable display parameters record in sysfiles

[Ben Pfaff]

Follow-up Comment #2, patch #6303 (project pspp):

>you could save a function call by writing n_vars instead of 
>dict_get_var_cnt (dict). 

Thanks, will fix.

>I presume that your assertion that it's the display width that is 
>missing, is merely an educated guess?

Yes, but it seems like a pretty good one.  The system file that was passed
along had three variables with six values in extension record 11: 3, 0, 3, 0,
3, 0.  "Scale measurement, left alignment" seems to me the most likely
interpretation.

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