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[Werner Almesberger <werner@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Dick Hollenbeck wrote:
> I'll get started later this week.  And then do the BOM fix at that time
> also.

By the way, there's a subtle problem in the BOM format: lines like
#Cmp ( order = Reference )
also get translated into the local language. This means that you
can't reliably tell whether a BOM has the section you're looking
for or not.

Possible work-arounds include:

1) teach the programs/person reading the .lst file all possible
   languages,
2) require (a) specific language(s),
3) require a specific selection of BOM sections (so you can
   count), and
4) use heuristics to reject sections that "don't make sense".

Not sure if this is an accident or if this serves some real
purpose. If it's unintentional, perhaps the best solution
would be to always use the english tags.

- Werner