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Subject: Re: [geda-user] The nature of gEDA layers
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On Thu, Jan 28, 2016 at 11:08 AM, Stephan Böttcher <geda AT psjt DOT org> wrote:
> "Britton Kerin (britton DOT kerin AT gmail DOT com) [via geda-user AT delorie DOT com]"
> <geda-user AT delorie DOT com> writes:
>
>> It's highly unlikely it'll be easier for just BBVias.  I believe
>> there's already an experimental branch that implements them.  Igor is
>> likely to decide to implement them again while we all talk about it.
>> For containers to pay off several other applications for them would
>> need to exist and be important enough to get implemented.  What are
>> they?
>
> My use cases for a mor egeneralized data model:
>
>  - pad stacks, with differnet pad sizes on middle layers

Everyone seems to want these, to be honest I don't understand what
pads on middle layers are for.  Not mounting components for sure.  If
it's just a node what's wrong with a trace or poly?

>  - hierarchical layout

It can be done now...

>  - rigid-flex baords with more than two outer layers

I've never done these.  I guess the flexing connector layer is on top,
but only where it exists so you can still have components on the layer
below?
There's still only one top layer at any given point?

> To avoid more spagetti special casing in the future for all kinds of
> use cases.

I've just been through a lot of DRC and while it's true that e.g.
geometrical tests could be concentrated in Union types or something,
they're still gonna have to go somewhere and it wasn't that bad to
find them as they are.  Adding abstractions that aren't universally
utilized doesn't necessarily make a code any more comprehensible,
because sometimes-utilized abstractions are arguably more confusing
than none at all.  To justify things like containers on
code-cleanliness grounds a big refactor effort is implied.

Britton