[GRASS5] Compression (?) of CELL maps (int)

[Bernhard Reiter]

On Fri, Jun 06, 2003 at 01:16:02PM +0100, Glynn Clements wrote:
> 
> Bernhard Reiter wrote:
> 
> > > FWIW, I intend to completely re-write the raster I/O code once I move
> > > to 5.1. 
> > 
> > Wouldn't be better to wait for 5.3 for this then?
> 
> Why? The changes would be substantially less far-reaching than the
> 5.1. vector re-write.

I was just trying to get a feeling for this.
If the changes are easy to make stable, 
of course they are welcome for 5.1.

The idea is to not delay 5.2 too much as vector is already there.

> > > The existing code isn't particularly legible; two significant
> > > bugs which were introduced with the addition of FP and NULL support
> > > managed to remain undetected until after 5.0.0 was released.
> > 
> > Is there a possibility to only fix the bugs first?
> 
> I've already fixed those two bugs; 

Great!

> it was the process of doing so that
> led me to the conclusion that the raster I/O code needs to be
> re-written to improve legibility.

	Bernhard
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