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>> I think that reading in using "mil" and "mm" suffixes without loss of
>> precision isn't the problem.
>>
>> I think that the problem is that PCB throws away precision of metric
>> values when saving.
>>
>
> Yes.
>
> The question is, how precisely can we save, without producing files that
> old versions of pcb can't read?

I can see that having an option to save to a backwards compatible
format is good - but can we also have an option to save in a newer
format that supports accurate metric measurements (whilst dropping
backwards compatibility) ?

Stephen Ecob
Silicon On Inspiration
Sydney Australia
www.sioi.com.au