[GRASS-dev] t.rast.out.xyz not exporting all cells in the computational region

[Markus Neteler]

On Tue, Dec 6, 2016 at 7:34 PM, Vaclav Petras <wenzeslaus at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Tue, Dec 6, 2016 at 12:34 PM, Moritz Lennert
...
>> Why not make the flag mean the contrary, i.e. include null values ? Then
>> it wouldn't break anything...
>>
>> I'm pretty sure that most people exporting data via r.out.xyz would expect
>> null values to be excluded...
>
> r.out.xyz export XY and their values. When there is no value, nothing is
> exported. This is the correct counterpart for r.in.xyz where you get NULLs
> for cells without any input XY(Z).

Ah I see, they kind of belong together.

> I agree with Moritz. Adding a flag to export NULLs looks like the best way.
> It doesn't break API nor expectations. NULLs simply not being there seems
> like a better default here.

Any wording suggestion for such a flag?
And the same flag would go into t.rast.out.xyz then?

Markus