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authorJed Barber <jjbarber@y7mail.com>2017-01-30 16:32:16 +1100
committerJed Barber <jjbarber@y7mail.com>2017-01-30 16:32:16 +1100
commitb522e9d882dbce729e3c32df59b8d51c60e7b7d9 (patch)
treefe9258854c485b818311670f35d34e7de42e5b39
parent4387327f4c2ce91ecefa7fc45c7b5412aad67d07 (diff)
Slight documentation update
-rw-r--r--notes.txt2
-rw-r--r--readme.txt9
2 files changed, 7 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/notes.txt b/notes.txt
index ad1c527..0c345dd 100644
--- a/notes.txt
+++ b/notes.txt
@@ -20,5 +20,7 @@ multithreaded operation to speed counting up, possibly using unsafePerformIO and
group votes by uniqueness to reduce memory requirements, speed things up, and accommodate group tickets?
make the goddamn results correct
+are they correct now? it's a bit murky with how the AEC records transfers in DOP logs
+does the AEC use floats or exact ratios for transfer values?
diff --git a/readme.txt b/readme.txt
index aa28cc2..34cd50c 100644
--- a/readme.txt
+++ b/readme.txt
@@ -41,12 +41,13 @@ Note that the number of count logs this program outputs differs from the
number that the AEC provides. This is because the AEC's program merges a
few more logs compared to this one, eg the initial count, and counts that
elect candidates. On the other hand, the AEC program is also a lot more
-verbose on the distribution of preferences.
+verbose on the distribution of preferences, and doesn't do bulk exclusions.
-Finally, be aware that processing STV data takes a long time and a lot of
-memory. If you want to be sure that progress is happening, either turn on
-the '--verbose' switch or monitor the output log directory.
+Finally, be aware that processing STV data takes a long time. It also takes a
+lot of memory for the larger datasets. If you want to be sure that progress is
+happening, either turn on the '--verbose' switch or monitor the output log
+directory.