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[Dick Hollenbeck <dick@...>]

> >
> Dick,
> Can you give a brief explanation of what this update contributes to
> Kicad?I like to take an interest in Kicad development and want to
> understand the latest code changes.
> Thanks for all the work that your doing.
>
> David.

Vastly improved maintainability and reliability of the linked list data 
structures. Users may not "see" any new features. There is more to 
software project management than adding features. The features need to 
be laid down on a solid foundation. 

Maintainability and reliability were the key benefits, again.

The previous linked list code was a mess, written many years ago, 
probably in C not C++, and was fragile since it was all inline 
manipulation of previous and next pointers. 

Ironically, the new DLIST support and manipulation discipline also gives 
us more options as to whether we stick with linked lists at all long 
term. I am now comfortable staying with it.

See the change_log.txt for more details of that particular update.


Dick