[fitsbits] once FITS always FITS
Peter Bunclark
psb at ast.cam.ac.uk
Fri Aug 24 03:36:30 EDT 2007
LC's NoSpam Newsreading account wrote:
> Yes.
> Perhaps we might also add some provisions by which duplication
> of (all or a specific list of) reserved keywords is forbidden. For
> mandatory keywords this is implicitly already specified by the
> prescribed order (a double BITPIX, XTENSION or NAXIS1 or PCOUNT are
> already illegal ... a double TFIELDS, TFORMn and alike should be !)
>
> Lucio Chiappetti
>
Peter Bunclark wrote (20 Aug):
> Would it be too complex to make the non-duplication of reserved words
> mandatory and of others just strongly recommended?
Looks like this discussion has hit that well-known threshold where
people who need to keep up just can't manage the time to do so;
certainly applies to me!
Pete.
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