[Gdal-dev] WKB byte order and SWIG

[Frank Warmerdam]

On 1/17/06, Charlie Savage <cfis at interserv.com> wrote:
> wkb1 = geom1.export_to_wkb()
>
> And have no idea that the result you just got back is wrong.  I think
> that byteOrder should not have a default value - and if it must, it
> really should be wkbNDR.

Charlie,

The returned WKB isn't wrong, it is just slightly suboptimal for your
platform.

> Unless someone says something, I plan on removing the default value and
> making this a required parameter, just like it is in the C OGR API.

If you like, change the default wkbNDR, but please be very careful
about unnecessary changes that could break existing scripts.

Best regards,
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