[Openexr-devel] Re: Long Names for Channels and Attributes

[Ton Roosendaal]

Hi,

No objections, a limit of 255 will work great!

-Ton-


On 22 Dec, 2006, at 20:39, Florian Kainz wrote:

> I am looking into allowing longer names for OpenEXR channels and header
> attributes.  The current maximum is 31 characters plus a terminating
> null byte.
>
> Rather than allowing names of unlimited length, I intend to increase
> the maximum length, because it is easier to do as well as more  
> efficient.
> I think 255 characters plus a null byte should be plenty; even a  
> channel
> name like
>
> background_velociraptor.small_background.skin_belly.light_112_fill_from 
> _upper_left.diffuse_pass.version_3.R
>
> is only 107 characters long.
> Objections?
>
> Florian
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