re. gaps - I'm in the minority (of one it appears) so not going to argue that point!
re. optional lines - the most common problem I can think of is at the intersection of certain round prims, and the rest of the part. Sometimes it would just be way, way, way easier to allow for duplication of optional lines. It's not a dealbreaker, but since the question was asked I'm happy to throw it out there.
re. comments - "0 blah blah blah" is the traditional comment line and the restriction to "0 // blah blah blah" just strikes me as overkill. Metas are meant to start with ! anyway so the margin for risk is slim indeed.
And comments are _very_ useful when the part is either redesigned (for whatever reason) or used as the foundation of another part. I've nearly torn my hair out when working from/with parts with a block of commands and not a single comment.
Tim
re. optional lines - the most common problem I can think of is at the intersection of certain round prims, and the rest of the part. Sometimes it would just be way, way, way easier to allow for duplication of optional lines. It's not a dealbreaker, but since the question was asked I'm happy to throw it out there.
re. comments - "0 blah blah blah" is the traditional comment line and the restriction to "0 // blah blah blah" just strikes me as overkill. Metas are meant to start with ! anyway so the margin for risk is slim indeed.
And comments are _very_ useful when the part is either redesigned (for whatever reason) or used as the foundation of another part. I've nearly torn my hair out when working from/with parts with a block of commands and not a single comment.
Tim