PstFrom.add_observations() - short names?

[rhugman]

Hi,

I am using pyemu.utils.PstFrom(longnames=False, ...) and pf.add_observations with index_cols & use_cols, but getting very long observation names (including the string "usecol:" in the obs name). These can become very long, specially if the index_col is "time".

Is there a way to force a maximum obs name length? Or for the user to provide obs names upfront? In particular to respect interoperability with PEST and its utilities?

Cheers

[jtwhite79]

@rhugman - you are right: when requesting shortnames, PstFrom only made short par names. Ive a patch testing for this now. I agree it is important to support the 12 and 20 char names for interop - that was the idea with the longname flag! I'll let you know once the tests pass.

[jtwhite79]

This should be fixed as of #197 - let us know if not...thanks again for your patience!

[rhugman]

Awesome, thanks. Seems to work so far!