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Subject: Re: [geda-user] Trace width - best practices?
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Colin D Bennett <colin AT gibibit DOT com> schrieb am 24. October 2012:

> > This is the tricky part. You want to divide a net in high current
> > and low current parts. This calls for modifications in the data
> > structure. The current data structure assumes that every segment
> > of a net is equivalent.  
> 
> Actually, being able to break a net down into some more structure
> would be helpful for a lot of other things as well.

Sure. But the price to be paid in terms of data structure modification
and changes to the file format seems pretty high. IMHO, there are tons
of lower hanging and more rewarding fruit on the tree of not yet
implemented features. My notes contain a list of smallish feature
requests and suggestions that cross my mind while I do geda projects.
Anyone interested?

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