Maciej Sieczka wrote:
> >> Below follow details about CELL and DCELL datatypes in GRASS. It would
> >> be good to have them summarrised in GRASS raster intro IMHO; + FCELL
> >> specific notes. I'm not competent - anybody please do.
>
> > None of this belongs in the GRASS documentation, as it isn't specific
> > to GRASS. Anyone who wants to know the details of how floating point
> > works can look it up in a computing text book or on Wikipedia.
>
> How does one know which datatype described on Wikipedia is GRASS CELL,
> FCELL and DCELL?
Oh, it's reasonable enough to document that (if it isn't already):
CELL 32-bit signed integer
FCELL IEEE single-precision floating-point
DCELL IEEE double-precision floating-point
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Glynn Clements <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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