[GRASS-dev] Using the new s flag or seed option for r.mapcalc in a python script

[Anna Petrášová]

On Mon, Jul 28, 2014 at 11:59 AM, Glynn Clements <glynn at gclements.plus.com>
wrote:

>
> Anna Petrášová wrote:
>
> > > > How? If we change the interface, I would like to be able to also
> pass env
> > > > to write_command.
> > >
> > > Do you mean passing arbitrary environment variables through
> > > grass.script.mapcalc() down to the underlying r.mapcalc command?
> > >
> > > Which environment variables would be useful?
> >
> > For example when you want to parallelize multiple r.mapcalc calls with
> > different region settings. You would copy the environment, change the
> > region (e.g. set WIND_OVERRIDE) or even mapset or location and pass it to
> > r.mapcalc without interfering with the current environment. I can do that
> > now with run_command('r.mapcalc', ..., env=myEnv), it would be just more
> > convenient to have it in the grass.script.mapcalc(). In fact, the same
> > applies to other wrappers in grass.script, for example raster_what.
> > Currently when querying raster in the gui, the GRASS_REGION is changed to
> > match the raster before the query and restored afterwards. In my opinion,
> > it would be just much more elegant (and would require less code) and less
> > error prone, not to change the environment globally but just for the
> r.what
> > module.
>
> Okay, done in r61428.
>

Thanks!

Anna

>
> --
> Glynn Clements <glynn at gclements.plus.com>
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