On Mon, Dec 27, 2010 at 3:56 AM, Vanessa Ezekowitz <vanessaezekow...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Sun, 26 Dec 2010 23:55:04 -0500 > al davis <ad...@freeelectron.net> wrote: > >> On Saturday 25 December 2010, Vanessa Ezekowitz wrote: >> > * If the part in question can usually be described by a >> > single value, for the purposes of the signal flow in the >> > schematic that is, then give it a default of "value=0". >> >> No. Zero is almost always wrong. > > Exactly my point - it is *supposed* to be wrong. > > I chose zero here because anyone who sees it in their schematic file should > instantly think, "Oops, I forgot to set the value of that part". From my own > experience, it is easier to spot something that is visibly flat out wrong > than to look for something that is just not there. > > Setting it to zero by default could even be used to signal Gschem to add an > extra highlight to those symbols bearing it. Perhaps the default, > highlight-sensitive string should be exactly "0.0" or some variation of that, > since no sane user would type anything but a single "0" when they mean "zero". >
No valid number should be used for a "default" in such a generic symbol. I use 0 ohm resistors often, they are stuffing shorts. a default of ? is obvious, it clearly shows a value that has not been assigned. _______________________________________________ geda-user mailing list geda-user@moria.seul.org http://www.seul.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/geda-user
