gEDA-dev: [RFC] Embedding/archiving compromise

[John Doty]

On Oct 20, 2007, at 1:40 AM, Peter TB Brett wrote:

> Hi folks,
>
> I wish to propose the following compromise:
>
> - Implement the new embedding system (separate symbol definition and
> instantiation, and checks that the embedded symbol matches the library
> symbol).  I don't think anyone has disputed that this is a good idea.

Nobody disputes this because hardly anybody uses embedded symbols in  
active designs, I think. They are broken: only good for frozen export.

If you fix *that*, your proposal still leads to confusion. Right now,  
a symbol edit has the scope of the library that contains it, but now  
you'll have edits whose scope is a single file. But usually, you want  
the the scope to either be:

1. The whole project
or
2. A single symbol.

A file is a strange scope. Even many C programmers agree ;-)

John Doty              Noqsi Aerospace, Ltd.
http://www.noqsi.com/
jpd at noqsi.com