[GRASSLIST:6534] Re: MASK confussion

[Glynn Clements]

Maciek Sieczka wrote:

> Is it normal and intended that "0" is taken the same as the "null" when 
> doing "r.mapcalc 'MASK=some_raster"?

Yes.

> It took me over an hour to guess my there where holes in my MASK. 
> Shouldn't "0" be treated as a regular, valid value for MASK?

Masks used to be zero/non-zero before support for a distinguished NULL
value was added in 5.0. The existing behaviour maintains backwards
compatibility.

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Glynn Clements <glynn at gclements.plus.com>