On 09/06/2010 04:54 PM, DJ Delorie wrote:
Yes - but I'd also like to be prompted to answer the question 'Do you want this change to 1) apply to all instances of object X; 2) do you want to modify this one instance of object X to derive object Y with some inherited characteristics; or 3) do you want to make an independent object Z which starts out with parameters identical to X?'Yes. Build higher-level objects by composition, not merely by listing.I was arguing for the opposite - separate the compositing from the grouping, so that when you *do* group, you mostly just list. Even internally to PCB, I'd want to keep "exemplar" composites as a library called by reference, so if you edit one pin of an IC, by default you end up editing all the same-shape pins (usually what you want when you're changing drill or annulus, for example) with the option to make the pin unique so you can change it separately.
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