Should "Part Alias" files be listed in parts.lst


Re: Should "Part Alias" files be listed in parts.lst
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Chris Dee Wrote:Existing underscore-prefixed parts are NOT aliases, they are parts with hardcoded colours, so I think we already have a semantic issue.

That's a subtle-enough distinction that I'm not going to make it. One of the definitions of alias is "a false or assumed identity," and I think that describes physical-colored parts with sufficient accuracy for both my users and myself.

If more categories of non-parts arise in the future I can always change "Alias" to "Other" (or preferrably a more forbidding term).

Chris Dee Wrote:I would really prefer to have another prefix for (colour 16) aliases.

In that case, I just need to know what that prefix is going to be. I would like to modify my code now, or I'm apt to forget.

Allen
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Re: Should "Part Alias" files be listed in parts.lst - by Allen Smith - 2012-04-17, 16:07

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