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On 09/01/16 22:02, DJ Delorie wrote:
>> I think you're relying on having to run the pcb app every time you do
>> something .. is that really desirable when all you want to do is
>> something much smaller than the whole pcb executable is capable of?
> A copy of pcb built with the batch HID is not that big, I think you're
> way overestimating the savings a separate shared library would offer,
> especially since you already have the pcb executable.
>
> Plus, there really isn't a good way to separate the various parts of
> PCB's current internals.
Which was what I suspected would be the major limiting factor.

I don't think there is a good enough argument for a re-write of pcb to
make this possible .. not to mention a lack of resource. Unless there is
something else I'm missing ...