On Thu, Jun 30, 2011 at 1:49 AM, Chris Barker <chris.bar...@noaa.gov> wrote:
> On 6/27/11 9:53 AM, Charles R Harris wrote: > > Some discussion of disk storage might also help. I don't see how the > > rules can be enforced if two files are used, one for the mask and > > another for the data, but that may just be something we need to live > with. > > It seems it wouldn't be too big deal to extend the *.npy format to > include the mask. > > Could one memmap both the data array and the mask? > This I haven't thought about too much yet, but I don't see why not. This does provide a back door into the mask which violates the abstractions, so I would want it to be an extremely narrow special case. -Mark > > Netcdf (and assume hdf) have ways to support masks as well. > > -Chris > > > > > -- > Christopher Barker, Ph.D. > Oceanographer > > Emergency Response Division > NOAA/NOS/OR&R (206) 526-6959 voice > 7600 Sand Point Way NE (206) 526-6329 fax > Seattle, WA 98115 (206) 526-6317 main reception > > chris.bar...@noaa.gov > _______________________________________________ > NumPy-Discussion mailing list > NumPy-Discussion@scipy.org > http://mail.scipy.org/mailman/listinfo/numpy-discussion >
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