[APBeta] Possible bug in ID synonyms

[Paul Rodman]

On Dec 27, 2008, at 02:36 PM, Jeff Young wrote:

> I'm not sure if this is a bug, or if I'm just using it wrong.
>
> I've got a plan which includes NGC772, and it has several  
> observations.  I've also got a plan which includes Arp78, which is  
> the same galaxy.  It doesn't show any observations.  If I go to the  
> Observation Database Settings tab, and type "NGC772, Arp78" and then  
> hit Reset, the Arp plan still doesn't show any observations.
>
> Am I doing that right?

Here's the problem: The Arp catalogue has two entries for Arp78  
(one=NGC770 and two=NGC772). Since the mechanism that hunts down  
synonyms (currently) stops after finding the first one, it will never  
find the Arp78=NGC772 association. This is a bug. I will add a report.

The Synonyms override you mention does work here, although in theory  
you shouldn't need to go through the whole Reset procedure.

Paul R.

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