Steve,
>Ok. But, then, which one of these is better?
>
> (FunctionType (Real): (time) -> (lat, lon), FunctionType:
> (time) -> FunctionType (Real): (altitude) -> (pressure, temperature))
>
>or
>
> (FunctionType: (time) -> ((lat, lon),
> FunctionType (Real): (altitude) -> (pressure, temperature)))
>
>The second one allows one to associate a CoordinateSystem with the (lat,
>lon) RealTuple -- which can also be done in the first one.
>
>--------
>Steve Emmerson <http://www.unidata.ucar.edu>
Since our elemental unit of memory cache is a FlatField, I would say
that the first MathType is better for efficiency although the
second type is more descriptive or natural.
Tom Rink