[GRASS5] g.region G_usage() commented out?

Glynn Clements glynn.clements at virgin.net
Fri May 17 08:10:29 EDT 2002


Russell Nelson wrote:

>  > > On a general note, would it be desirable to have G_{lat|lon|llres}_scan
>  > > fall back to reading doubles and then range check the value?
>  > 
>  > I would say so.
> 
> Doh!  Actually, no, it wouldn't be desirable.  Why?  Because the only
> place those functions are called is from G_scan_{northing,easting,resolution},
> and if those functions fail, then they fall back to simply scanning a double.
> 
> But while I was looking at the code, I spotted two ways to simplify
> the code.  Patch below:

Are you sure about the removal of the "marker" code? I would guess
that it's there for a reason (although I have no idea what that reason
might be).

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Glynn Clements <glynn.clements at virgin.net>



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