On Wed, May 12, 2010 at 16:07, Christopher Sean Morrison <brl...@mac.com> wrote:
>
> On Wednesday, May 12, 2010, at 04:01PM, "Tom Browder" <tom.brow...@gmail.com>
> wrote:
...
>>> air flag ('air')
>>
>>I like "air_code" better, but I'm not going to the mat over it.
>
> Is it a code or a flag? To me, code implies that there are a set of valid
> values similar to material identifiers that map to something. If it's a flag
> (on/off) to mark something as representing 'air' similar to how 'region' is a
> flag for denoting regions, then we should be consistent.
Well, in AJEM the "air code" as an integer can have various values to
indicate various types of air for compartments. Here is an extract of
Table 5.4.1-1, "Air Code Associations for Ground Mobile Vehicles," in
the AJEM User/Analyst Manual, Version 2.18:
Air Code Name
======= =====
1 Outside/Gun Tube
2 Crew
5 Engine
7 Passenger
9 Do not use
-Tom
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