[Qgis-developer] least surprise, or: which terms should be used?

Paolo Cavallini cavallini at faunalia.it
Fri Aug 19 03:35:15 EDT 2011


Il 19/08/2011 09:15, Werner Macho ha scritto:

> What about leaving grid as grid whenever it is used in SAGA-Modules (so you know that
> you are using a SAGA-Module) and using raster as usual in all other places?

This is why I'm asking: I think in this way the users will be confused: imagine
running an hillshade analysis, once calling the original DEM "raster" and the other
"grid".

> Or write grid/raster when it is used in SAGA-Modules ..

This could be cumbersome, as the word is repeated in most modules, sometimes several
times each.
Thanks for your thoughts.
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Paolo Cavallini: http://www.faunalia.it/pc


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