On Mon, Mar 08, 2004 at 11:23:20PM +0100, Fons Adriaensen wrote: > On Mon, Mar 08, 2004 at 10:06:25PM +0100, Tim Goetze wrote: > > > while we're at it, i'd also like to know why limiting the value->label > > mapping to integers is beneficial. > > It's two different problems that happen to map to similar data structures. > See my reply to Steve's post.
Sorry to follow up on my own ramblings.. A complete solution to the scale point problem also requires that you can specify the physical position of the scale point. One thing I learned is that in many cases the LIN / LOG choice is too simplistic. Once you start considering this sort of thing, a whole new can of worms start moving. -- FA