[Os-project-managers] Question about mult and incr

[Kipp Martin]

Hi Gus:

> I start from the vector el=[1 2 3 5 8 8 12 6 5 4]
> 
> Should it be
> 
> <el mult="3" incr="1">1</el>
> <el>5</el>
> <el mult="2">8</el>
> <el>12</el>
> <el mult="3" incr="-1">6</el>
> 
> or
> 
> <el mult="3">1</el>
> <el>5</el>
> <el mult="2" incr="0">8</el>
> <el>12</el>
> <el mult="3" incr="-1">6</el>
> 
> In other words, should the default value for incr be 0 or 1?


Offhand, I can't see any advantage of one over the other. However, I 
don't see anything wrong with making incr a required attribute. This 
would remove any ambiguity and would look MUCH nicer to a human reading 
the file. If it is there, then I don't have to go back and look at the 
schema.

Cheers


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