This attribute controls
whether coordinate values are reported whenever a
Mapping is used to transform a set of
points. If its value is zero (the default), no report is made. However, if it is
non-zero, the coordinates of each point are reported (both before and after
transformation) by writing them to standard output.
This attribute is provided as an aid to debugging, and to avoid having to report values
explicitly in simple programs.
Mapping
All Mappings have this attribute.
When applied to a compound Mapping
(CmpMap), only the Report attribute of the CmpMap, and not those of its component
Mappings, is used. Coordinate information is never reported for the component Mappings
individually, only for the complete CmpMap.
When applied to any Frame, the
formatting capabilities of the Frame (as provided by the
astFormat function) will be
used to format the reported coordinates.
When applied to any FrameSet,
the formatting capabilities of the base and current Frames will be used (as above)
to individually format the input and output coordinates, as appropriate. The
Report attribute of a FrameSet is not itself affected by selecting a new base or
current Frame, but the resulting formatting capabilities may be.