Re: gEDA-user: next PCB release - 1.99za vs 4.0

[John Doty <jpd@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Sep 11, 2010, at 1:28 PM, kai-martin knaak wrote:

> Peter Clifton wrote:
> 
>> Yes, indeed.. magic silk (and other) layers should probably go
>> and die.
> 
> Please do. My local list of warts and rooms for improvement contains 
> many complaints about things that can't be done with silk. Worst of 
> all: You can't selectively print top-silk and bottom-silk like the 
> regular layers.

That's because they are implemented as a class, rather than just a layer with certain properties. This sort of problem is an inevitable consequence of classification. But when I wrote:

>> "Class" is a misleading term in this context. Nets (at best) have
>> properties: classification is sloppy thinking.

you insisted:

> No, it is structured thinking.

Certainly, inflicting structure in conflict with the natural structure of the problem space is sloppy thinking.

John Doty              Noqsi Aerospace, Ltd.
http://www.noqsi.com/
jpd@xxxxxxxxx




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