Hi Steve, Today Steve Shipway wrote:
> So, assuming stptr is zero based, this means my `analysis of the > behaviour of negative shift counts is correct. > > My question, though, is more to ask if this was intended by > design, or if it is a 'feature'? > > Intuitively, I would have expected this: > > CDEF:y=s,-n,x,PREDICT > > to result in shifts of s, 2s, 3s, .... ns > > However, it actually results in shifts of 0, s, 2s, ... (n-1)s > > Either way, it can't be changed now as it would potentially alter > existing behaviour... I don't know if the original author intended this. But now that you analyzed it, how could I entice you to write a few lines for the manual page ? cheers tobi > Steve > > Steve Shipway > University of Auckland ITS > UNIX Systems Design Lead > s.ship...@auckland.ac.nz > Ph: +64 9 373 7599 ext 86487 > > > -- Tobi Oetiker, OETIKER+PARTNER AG, Aarweg 15 CH-4600 Olten, Switzerland www.oetiker.ch t...@oetiker.ch +41 62 775 9902 _______________________________________________ rrd-developers mailing list rrd-developers@lists.oetiker.ch https://lists.oetiker.ch/cgi-bin/listinfo/rrd-developers
