<woodbri at swoodbridge.com> wrote: >>>> On Fri, Jul 11, 2008 at 9:23 PM, Steve Friedman >>>> <sfriedman at woti.com> wrote: >>>>> I've just started using the rtree extension, and have found that >>>>> the 32-bit >>>>> float for the range keys is not appropriate for me. Please find >>>>> attached a >>>>> patch for rtree.c (based on v1.5) that allows for int -OR- >>>>> unsigned int -OR- >>>>> float operation. >> >> What kind of advantages does using int over float have here? >> >> With a little work it might be possible to select int or float at >> runtime. Do other people who know about such things think that this >> would be a good option to have? > > Dan, > > I think the need for integer support is to avoid floating point rounding > errors that might cause you to miss a key otherwise. > > I think this would be a nice feature to have. I think it should be > implemented at runtime because if I ever have an application that need > both say time (int) and spatial rtrees (floats) then it puts me into a > problem of not being able to support both in a single build. > > -Steve
I agree with your desire; however, let's not let the perfect become the enemy of the good. My patch satisfies my initial need. Can I have that included in 3.6.0? A subsequent patch, with the more complete implementation to eliminate compile-time restrictions, could be included in a later release. Steve Friedman _______________________________________________ sqlite-users mailing list sqlite-users@sqlite.org http://sqlite.org:8080/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/sqlite-users
