URL:
<http://savannah.gnu.org/patch/?6103>
Summary: Improve data file format documentation
Project: PSPP
Submitted by: blp
Submitted on: Tuesday 07/17/2007 at 12:14
Category: None
Item Group: None
Status: Ready For Test/Review
Assigned to: jmd
Originator Email:
Open/Closed: Open
Discussion Lock: Any
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Details:
This change makes the following improvements:
* Explain how very long strings are stored in a data file.
* Correct descriptions of data types and describe how PSPP actually detects
integer and floating-point formats.
* Make it easier to understand the record ordering.
* Don't try so hard to make the format descriptions look like C structs.
* Define "dictionary index".
* Reformat list of format types to make it easier to read.
* Combine value labels record, value labels variable record into a single
section, for clarity.
* Rename "auxiliary variable parameter record" to "variable display parameter
record", which is more descriptive.
* General proofreading.
I have a followup change that improves the sys-file-reader and
sys-file-writer code. It's not quite ready yet.
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Date: Tuesday 07/17/2007 at 12:14 Name: dff.patch Size: 36kB By: blp
<http://savannah.gnu.org/patch/download.php?file_id=13375>
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