[gdal-dev] python GetDescription() returns empty strings on 1.7.1

[Matthieu Rigal]

Hi folks,

Currently running GDAL 1.7.1, I noticed a regression towards the 1.6.x branch 
which I could not find in the tickets.

Teh GetDescription() always seems to return empty strings, except for just 
created file and just setted description...

Here is a description of the bug, I don't think it is quite the expected 
result :
>>> from osgeo import gdal
>>> xT = gdal.GetDriverByName('GTiff').Create('test-desc.tif',10,10,1)
>>> xB = xT.GetRasterBand(1)
>>> xB.SetDescription('test')
>>> xT = None
>>> xT2 = gdal.Open('test-desc.tif')
>>> xT2.GetRasterBand(1).GetDescription()
''

The 1.6.1 returns:
'test'

Is it a known bug ? Solved in further versions ?

Regards,
Matthieu

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