[daip] 5000 FG table entries

[Eric Greisen]

Michael Bietenholz wrote:
> Hi Eric -
> 
> I just ran into the 5000-entry limit in FG tables.  I think it would
> be a good idea for tasks (other than UVCOP) to *warn* users when they
> encountered FG tables with more than 5000 entries, which are getting
> easier and easier to generate.  Most users are probably not aware of
> this limit, and if you exceed it, then you may be indaverdently using
> data you've gone to some trouble as identifing as bad and excising,
> which is a bit insiduous.
> 
> Of course, an even more elegant solution would be to make all tasks
> capable of dealing with 50000 entries - although even that may not be
> enough if you use CLIP on a biggish data set with lots of channels, so
> warning users when some of their flags are not being applied seems
> like a generally good idea.
> 
> Ahh, for the good old days when having more than 5000 FG table
> entries would have been ridicurous :-)
> 
>                cheers,          michael
> 
I raised the limit to 30000 from 6000.  I also raised UVCOP from 120000
to 200000.  There is a warning message about flags which should be 
sufficient.

Eric Greisen