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Date: Sat, 30 Jan 2016 22:09:40 +0100
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DJ Delorie <dj AT delorie DOT com> writes:

> Because this part:
>
>> why not provide a generic mechanism
>
> is harder than you think.

It will certainly not be easy.

I have no use for b/b vias.  But I see that a mechanism that supports
more generic vias may lead to a delevelopment that allows things I do
care about.

If somebody implements b/b vias in pcb, that code adds a lot of
complicated special cases to the program, and gains nothing but b/b
vias.  That can be done in reasonable time.  I won't care.

If a consensus will be reached to build a more generic foundation in the
data structures and continue to add features on top of that, I might
start hacking on pcb myself.  That path will be longer, but reach
farther.

-- 
Stephan