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On Thu, 10 Sep 2015 09:05:53 -0800
"Britton Kerin (britton DOT kerin AT gmail DOT com) [via geda-user AT delorie DOT com]" <geda-user AT delorie DOT com> wrote:

> On Thu, Sep 10, 2015 at 5:10 AM, Peter Stuge (peter AT stuge DOT se) [via
> geda-user AT delorie DOT com] <geda-user AT delorie DOT com> wrote:
> > 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.
> 
> I vote for both places.  One expects DRC to catch it, so it should be
> there.  Rat optimization catches it now, so its a free good feature: it
> puts detection of the bug closest to point where it's created which
> generally makes bug cheaper to fix.
> 

I also agree but do not know if anybody care about my oppinion.