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Markus Hitter (mah AT jump-ing DOT de) [via geda-user AT delorie DOT com] wrote:
> > Are shorted nets detectable by some other means?
> 
> Shorts are detected when optimizing rats.

That's, case in point, not very intuitive.


> DRC does just DRC, not connection checking.

It could and should check connections too.

I often find myself running DRC and optimizing rats (only to check
connections!) together, it makes perfect sense to make connection
checking part of DRC, either in addition to, or maybe instead of,
rat optimization.


//Peter