Even, Would the defaults result in overly large attribute files? By a small amount or an excessive amount? Or would the defaults result in truncation of values?
On Sat, Oct 5, 2024 at 4:48 PM Even Rouault <even.roua...@spatialys.com> wrote: > Sean, > > > What are vector field width and precision good for in 2024? These > > concepts were inherited from MS Access via Shapefile, I believe. I've > > been wondering if I can stop supporting them in my Fiona project > > without breaking workflows badly. Numpy data types don't have width > > and precision. Neither do, for example, Parquet and Arrow. > > > > Anybody using these for anything crucial? > > If Fiona had only a read side you could likely ignore them. But writing > all those formats (shapefile, mapinfo, etc.) require setting those > properties. If you don't specify them, the OGR drivers will use some > defaults, that might not always be appropriate. > > Even > -- Sean Gillies
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