On Tue, Sep 6, 2011 at 8:51 AM, Markus Neteler <[email protected]> wrote: > On Tue, Sep 6, 2011 at 7:20 AM, Glynn Clements <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> Is layer 1 *genuinely* special? I.e. is there some reason why it >> *should* be the default layer? > > Yes, since most users will have only one layer. This renders it kind of > *genuinely* special.
Technically speaking, if a grass vector has only one layer, this layer can have any number, not necessarily 1. Layer 1 is simply the most common layer, most vectors have this layer. > > I believe that a software should address with default values the needs > of the majority of the users. Or remove the default value if it does not > behave like this (i.e. lead to an error message)... Error message updated in r48126. Markus M _______________________________________________ grass-dev mailing list [email protected] http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/grass-dev
