Re: redundant information?

[Seth Teller <teller@csail.mit.edu>]

i haven't yet studied the new file formats, but i would
make the following general comment:  it is preferable to
represent all data exactly once.  including multiple
representations of the same data simply increases the
chance of discrepancies -- i.e., the chance of error.

seth

Patrick Nichols wrote:
> Just an open question -- I've noticed that in the files I get from the 
> pipeline, portals are represented twice -- there is a portal list for each 
> space (by unique id) and then a separate set of portal files.
>
> The question is: is there any real value in keeping the first set of 
> portal lists (per space)? in my code, spaces are made, THEN portals are 
> made -- so the only values seems to be in computing some space adjacency 
> stuff.  
>
> Thoughts?