Dangles --------- GRASS doesn't allow areas/islands with dangles. If an island has dangle, it is not built and attached to outer area and as a consequence, some functions do not work as expected. For example Vect_area_area() and Vect_find_area(). Se comments in build_nat.c: Vect_attach_centroids() Category index ---------------- Category index is created when Vect_build(), i.e. Vect_build_partial(, GV_BUILD_ALL,) is called. Plus_head.cidx_up_to_date is set to 1 if Category index is created. Any later call to Vect_write_line() / Vect_rewrite_line() / Vect_delete_line() resets Plus_head.cidx_up_to_date to 0 and doesn't update category index. All modules using update on level 2 mus call full build, i.e. Vect_build(), at the end. All features without category are written to category index of field 0. In category index is stored also type of feture, that make s possible to find areas without centroid throug category index.