[Ifeffit] IFEFFIT: Writing more than 16 arrays with write_data()

[Bruce Ravel]

On Wednesday 03 November 2004 8:44 pm, Matt Newville wrote:
> Hi Norbert,
>
> (Replying to the whole group this time....)
>
> On Wed, 3 Nov 2004, Norbert Weiher wrote:
> > Matt,
> >
> > I was just discussing with Bruce about exporting more than 15 sets with
> > the write_data() command. I am doing fits with lots of paths and like to
> > have it exported to one file... would it be difficult to increase the
> > number of arrays exportable by this command above 16 in IFEFFIT?
>
> It would not be difficult, and the current limit is definitely too
> low.  I think it's a two line fix. But there will still be a
> finite limit of number of arrays.  So: is 100 arrays enough?  Do
> you need a fixed source kit or dll? And how quickly?
>
> This doesn't seem like a full release change to me. I haven't made
> any source changes to the stable distribution since July.  So a
> question for Bruce and everyone else: Are there any other bug
> reports or suggestions for changes to the core?

I agree that 16 is an artifically low number.  Upping it to 100 would
be dandy.

Personally, I am in no huge hurry.  Norbert is the first person to
complain about the 15-group limit and there is a simple enough
work-around.  Whenever you get around to a new release -- that's good
enough for me.

When you do get around to fixing this, it would be nice if you could
make a &n_output_arrays (or some such) scalar so that A&A don't have
to hard-wire a limit to the maximum number of output columns, but can
query ifeffit for the number it supports.

Thanx,
B



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