Re: gEDA-user: gEDA just hit SlashDotOrg

[Peter TB Brett <peter@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Sun, 9 Aug 2009 20:54:03 +0000 (UTC), Kai-Martin Knaak
<kmk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Sun, 09 Aug 2009 19:45:34 +0100, Peter TB Brett wrote:
> 
>> One project I've had in mind for a while is to write a "geda-netlist"
> 
> And thus increment the number of netlisters associated with the geda 
> project by one ;-)
> 
> How will you make sure, that the new netlister exactly replicates the old

> behavior? 

Unit tests.

> Does this include the areas with "room for improvement"? 

Yes.

> Is 
> there some comprehensive white-paper that specifies how gnetlist should 
> behave when given arbitrary, syntactical valid *.sch data?

Not yet.

>> program in (almost) pure Scheme,
> 
> What is the share of users/developers that feel comfortable with scheme?

Does that matter?

> Probably, the choice of programming language is less an issue than the 
> quantity and quality of documentation.

100% agreed!

Peter


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Peter Brett <peter@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Remote Sensing Research Group
Surrey Space Centre


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