Re: Suggestion for dgrid3d

[Petr M. <mi...@ph...>]

> > We do consider backward compatibility a bit of a holy grail in this
> > project.  It's always bad if a change to the program modifies the result
> > of a previously established usage.  So new features (like a modified
> > weight function) should always be introduced such that they're only
> > triggered by commands that would have done nothing useful in earlier
> > versions.
> 
> That's fine - this is the reason why I suggested adding
> an additional (optional) argument to dgrid3d, which 
> allows the user to select the smoothing kernel. It would
> default to the current kernel (thus not breaking any
> existing apps), but allows users to make a different
> choice for new development.

It would be nice to have options in "set dgrid3d" to choose the gridding 
method. Nowadays, the "thin splines method" as an alternative can only be 
chosen at compile time. The run-time option would be much better.

I think this issue has been discussed long time, but it is still not 
implemented.

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