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[Henrik Hansen <Henrik.Enggaard@xxxxxxxxx>]

1) As long as files with markers can be easily shared between people it is
good.

Why isn't "bloated diff" a problem for storing the markers in the project
files?

Would it make sense to have an option to not store the markers?

2) The second scenario of marking a specific error is the least surprising.
How frequently will there be multiple errors of a certain type between the
two same objects? That is a risky scenario, but it is hard to asses without
knowing the chance.

Best regards,
Henrik

On Tue, Mar 3, 2020 at 11:04 AM Jeff Young <jeff@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Part of the 6.0 DRC architecture is marker persistence.  This will allow
> you to work your way through a large set of DRC violations, flagging those
> that have already been checked as exceptions or some-such.
>
> Two questions:
>
> 1) Store markers in board file or project file?
>
> Board file is much easier (in fact currently zero-cost as it’s implemented
> in my tree), but it may cause heartache in “bloated diff” camp?  (Note that
> you can always press Delete All Markers when you’re done with DRC, so you
> can choose to not have them in the board file.)
>
> 2) Should exceptions be of the form “ignore error type X between object Y
> and object Z”, or “this specific error condition is a false-positive”?
>
> The first is more like a C++ #pragma.  The second is arguably “safer”, but
> requires storing hashes of the entire data-state of objects Y and Z.
> Likely expensive to calculate on large boards (and somewhat expensive to
> implement).
>
> Cheers,
> Jeff.
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