[postgis-devel] Validity flag

[Oliver Courtin]

>> - We don't have that much flags still available 
> 
> Do you have a clear picture of how many flags we have
> now and how many are in use ? As there might already
> not be enough available for validity.

We have enough room, for validity on one byte (valid / unknown) 
But AFAIK no more.

> I don't see an informational flag as a sign of encouragement.

We have only few flags available.
And have to deal with (as before), or extend the geometry (implying a new major version).

So using a flag for a specific use case, is yes some kind of encouragement.
Because from dev point of view, we said:   this use case means.


O.