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> Polygon clearance can be larger than the line space rule, too.
polygon-to-pad different from track-to-pad, is that what you mean? I'm 
confused.
>> Conceptually, it seems like a "zero width pad" solves a couple of
>> long-standing annoyances. It could be used to clean up the kind of
>> clearance issue I'm having here, and it could also create gang masks.
>> If people agreed, I could see a couple of approaches...
> The "Right" way is to have a separate layer for extra clearance, but
> pcb isn't designed to handle that.
>
Well, yes.  I vaguely remember from the last time I looked at pcb that 
adding a new layer type is quite pervasive.  I was hoping one of the 
other approaches would fit better with existing infrastructure and 
provide a way forward that didn't require so much heavy lifting.... 
along the philosophy of "there's a right way, a wrong way, and the pcb 
way...."