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From: "Nicklas Karlsson (nicklas DOT karlsson17 AT gmail DOT com) [via geda-user AT delorie DOT com]" <geda-user AT delorie DOT com>
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Subject: Re: [geda-user] making DRC less misleading in the presence of
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> On Sat, Oct 3, 2015 at 1:07 AM, Markus Hitter (mah AT jump-ing DOT de) [via
> geda-user AT delorie DOT com] <geda-user AT delorie DOT com> wrote:
> 
> > Am 03.10.2015 um 01:21 schrieb Britton Kerin:
> >
> > > At the moment DRC catches near-shorts (trace too close to another), but
> > is
> > > completely silent when there's an actual short.
> >
> > That's expected, that's what DRC does. Checking for shorts means to
> >
> 
> When I started, it was not at all expected.  Its weird that you can go from
> almost-short, to short, and thereby make a violation vanish.  In fact it's
> pretty easy to accidentally create a short while fixing a proximity
> violation.  I happened to catch it before ordering the prototype boards but
> only

I think you are right.

Nicklas Karlsson