Index: trunk/psphot/src/psphotMaskReadout.c
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--- trunk/psphot/src/psphotMaskReadout.c	(revision 21183)
+++ trunk/psphot/src/psphotMaskReadout.c	(revision 21366)
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # include "psphotInternal.h"
 
-// generate mask and weight if not defined, additional mask for restricted subregion 
-bool psphotSetMaskAndWeight (pmConfig *config, pmReadout *readout, psMetadata *recipe) {
+// generate mask and variance if not defined, additional mask for restricted subregion
+bool psphotSetMaskAndVariance (pmConfig *config, pmReadout *readout, psMetadata *recipe) {
 
     bool status;
@@ -15,5 +15,5 @@
     psMetadataAddImageMask (recipe, PS_LIST_TAIL, "MASK.BAD", PS_META_REPLACE, "user-defined mask", maskBad);
 
-    // generate mask & weight images if they don't already exit
+    // generate mask & variance images if they don't already exit
     if (!readout->mask) {
         if (!pmReadoutGenerateMask(readout, maskSat, maskBad)) {
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
         }
     }
-    if (!readout->weight) {
-        if (!pmReadoutGenerateWeight(readout, true)) {
-            psError (PSPHOT_ERR_CONFIG, false, "trouble creating weight");
+    if (!readout->variance) {
+        if (!pmReadoutGenerateVariance(readout, true)) {
+            psError (PSPHOT_ERR_CONFIG, false, "trouble creating variance");
             return false;
         }
@@ -49,5 +49,5 @@
         psphotSaveImage (NULL, readout->image,  "image.fits");
         psphotSaveImage (NULL, readout->mask,   "mask.fits");
-        psphotSaveImage (NULL, readout->weight, "weight.fits");
+        psphotSaveImage (NULL, readout->variance, "variance.fits");
     }