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[Maciej Sumiński <maciej.suminski@xxxxxxx>]

On 05/08/2014 10:57 AM, Lorenzo Marcantonio wrote:
> On Thu, May 08, 2014 at 10:53:50AM +0200, Maciej Sumiński wrote:
> > Currently class BOARD contains a lot of fields & methods, so to make it a
> > bit lighter - what do you think about moving the tracks width & via size
> > related stuff to BOARD_DESIGN_SETTINGS class?
>
> Aside from a smaller class what would be the advantage? I don't see any
> other place where could be used (maybe as a work temporary in the
> setting dialog?)

In fact, that is the main advantage. I need to add settings for custom 
track width/via size (that are not in netclasses or dropdown lists) and 
I simply feel bad about extending an already fat class even more with 
new fields & methods.

Regards,
Orson