On Sun, May 28, 2017 at 2:24 PM, Nuno Oliveira <
nuno.olive...@geo-solutions.it> wrote:
> Hi Andrea,
>
> Some small comments in-line ...
>
> On 28-05-2017 09:04, Andrea Aime wrote:
>
> Hi,
> I am working on a large-ish CSS style, that gave me the opportunity to
> observe a few annoying bits in the syntax.
> I set out to fix those, in particular:
>
> - Scale denominator numbers can be long and that makes them hard to
> read. Who can say, without counting the zeros, if 10000000 is 1 billion, 10
> millions, 1 million? I am going to allow a shortcut syntax with k and m
> specifiers, e.g 10m, that should make common scale denominators quick to
> type and read (I've noticed ysld allows for scientific notation but
> honestly.. do I really want to type and read "1e10", how many will
> instantly realize it's the millions?)
>
> Yes this is a good idea. Wondering if forcing 'k' and 'm' to be uppercased
> would improve readability, I think 10m can be (even in the context) mislead
> by 10 meters at a first look ... 10M makes it more clear.
>
I already have a patch that accepts both case, to allow the reader to
choose his preferred style.
There should be no confusion, the values are in a scale denominator rule
and meters make no sense in there.
But oh well, if others find that it would be confusing, I'm open to acept
only uppercase values.
> Considerations, objections?
>
> Thanks for all the work you did in this module Andrea :)
>
You're welcomed!
Cheers
Andrea
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