On Thu, Oct 04, 2001 at 09:00:01AM +0200, Andreas J. Koenig wrote: > >>>>> On Wed, 3 Oct 2001 15:34:24 -0500 (CDT), Kenneth Schumack <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >said: > > > Name : Ken Schumack > > eMail : [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > preferred user-ID : SCHUMACK > > > I have written a module named GDS2 which provides low level methods to > > read, write, and manipulate GDS2 stream format files which are used > > extensively in the design and manufacture of integrated circuits. > > Searching on Google for GDS2 I find all of qw(GDS GDS2.1 GDSII > GDS-II). Searching for "gds2 manufacture of integrated circuits" only > yields 4 results.
It has been a while since I was in that business, but I think you will find that all of those refer to the file format in question. However I think it is most commonly written GDSII > so I get the impression, the name GDS2 isn't very stable. Could you > find a higher level name that has more stability and then give the > module a name Something::GDS2? I was trying to think of some suggestions, but I could not think of any Graham.