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Subject: Re: [geda-user] pcb behavior when invoked on invlalid file needs
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Erich Heinzle (a1039181 AT gmail DOT com) [via geda-user AT delorie DOT com] wrote:
> not_a_pcb_file.sch
> 
> could simply be saved as
> 
> not_a_pcb_file.sch.unparseable

I disagree strongly with this.

It is at the very best unexpected, at worst outright dangerous for a
software to take any kind of action on input which it does not
understand.

The hard fail is important to allow humans to fix the problem.


//Peter