[postgis-users] MultiPoint WKT change proposal

[Darryl Watson]

It will break my app in a couple places, but it is an easy fix at 
upgrade time, for us.  Conformance to the spec is desirable, so I vote 
for correction of the output.

strk at refractions.net wrote:

>It seems we got wrong the proper WKT format for MultiPoint
>(due to errors in the specifications)
>
>For details:
>http://lists.jump-project.org/pipermail/jts-devel/2006-April/001572.html
>http://lists.jump-project.org/pipermail/jts-devel/2006-April/001576.html
>
>PostGIS accepts both forms, but provides the wrong one in output:
>
>  Accept: MULTIPOINT(0 0, 0 1);
>  Accept: MULTIPOINT((0 0), (0 1));
> Provide: MULTIPOINT(0 0, 0 1);
>
>I think we should "correct" that output, even if this will mean
>some pain for existing client applications expecting the "wrong"
>one. What do you think ?
>
>--strk;
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