From: Tom Laue <tom.laue@unh.edu>
  To  : Borries Demeler <demeler@bioc09.uthscsa.edu>
  Date: Thu, 10 Apr 1997 10:06:46 -0400

Re: Data storage format

Borries,
Did you get my 'general' message to the rasmb this AM? I, too, would like
to consider having one file = one cell rather than on a scan by scan basis.
Another reason for binary output. I also like David Yphantis's idea that
you store the data in as raw a form as possible. I doubt that this will
gather much enthusiasm from others, but I see the real merit of the proposal.

I am rewriting the user interface for the fluorescence optics (using
Borland C++), and am including a dataout class template. The xli data will
be in a class that knows how to write itself on the stream. This class
includes an array of cells, each of which contains an array of channels,
each of which contains a dataout class for each optical system. By
templating dataout, there can be an incredible degree of flexibility in how
data are read and written. I'll keep your proposal in mind when putting it
together.

Best,
Tom
Tom Laue
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
University of New Hampshire
Durham, NH 03824
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