[MITgcm-devel] What happens if ...

[Ed Hill]

On Wed, 2004-03-24 at 10:46, Alistair Adcroft wrote:
> Ed,
> 
> What happens if we add the same variable twice using
> 
>  CALL MNC_CW_ADD_VNAME('xC','Cen_xy_Hn__-__-',3,4,myThid)
>  CALL MNC_CW_ADD_VNAME('xC','Cen_xy_Hn__-__-',3,4,myThid)


Right now, the above will give you an error since the entry 'xC' within
the lookup table is occupied.


> We will encounter this repeatedly as people start building there mnc based
> I/O.
> Should we allow it and do you test for this within MNC?


There are ways that we could extend the tables to allow for multiple
definitions of variables that will have the same "name" when written to
a NetCDF file.  The easiest way would be to create a "name" entry within
the table separate from the "key" entry (right now, the "name" *is* the
"key").


> BTW> Is Andrea on the -devel list?

Yes, the current folks on that list are:

  Alistair, Andy, Andrea, Chris, Ed, Patrick, JMC, Dimitris, 
  Martin, & Stephanie

Ed

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