[Fwd: Re: Bug in NetCDF's MAMath.java?]

-------- Original Message --------
Subject:        Re: Bug in NetCDF's MAMath.java?
Date:   Fri, 04 Mar 2005 20:16:40 -0700
From:   John Caron <address@hidden>
To:     Eric Russell <address@hidden>
References:     <p06110406be4ec93f1f13@[129.105.107.75]>



Eric Russell wrote:

> I've found what I think is a bug in MAMath.java. The getMinMax and 
> getMaximum methods (and their SkipMissingData versions) use 
> Double.MIN_VALUE as the default to compare to values in the array,
> when I think they should be using -Double.MAX_VALUE. Double.MIN_VALUE
> is the smallest positive value a Java double can hold, so if the max
> value is negative, you'll get incorrect results. I've been bitten by
> this in my own code a few times :)
>
> I found this in the course of using getMinValue and getMaxValue to find
> the limits of a CoordinateAxis. Any suggestions for a work-around? 
> Thanks,
>
> Eric
>
>  
thanks Eric, you are of course right,  i dont know why i didnt find this 
before !

are you are using 2.2? if so, i just released a new version with the fix 
in it.

thanks very much,

John