[netcdfgroup] _FillValue and its matching array type

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• Subject: [netcdfgroup] _FillValue and its matching array type
• From: Gallagher James <jgallagher@xxxxxxxxxxx>
• Date: Wed, 14 Dec 2011 14:24:55 -0700

Does the type of the _FillValue attribute have to match the element type of the 
array to which it is bound?

For example, suppose there's an array of Bytes, can the _fillValue be a Short?

I'm asking because a question about DAP2 and promotion of DAP's (unsigned) Byte 
to (signed) Int16 has popped up again. 

Thanks,
James
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