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Re: redefining a module()

JB
Jordan Brown
Thu, Jun 11, 2026 1:04 AM

[ Drat, sent from wrong address again. ]

On 6/10/2026 5:40 PM, Jordan Brown wrote:

I think it could have more safety features, to make it more
difficult to shoot yourself in the foot.

In fact, some guy named Jon Bondy filed #5167
https://github.com/openscad/openscad/issues/5167 on exactly this topic
almost exactly two years ago.

To be clear:  that's intended as amusement, not as a jab.  I can't tell
you how many times I've encountered a bug, diagnosed it, figured out the
fix needed, gone to file a bug report, checked for existing bug reports,
and found that I'd encountered the same bug, done the same diagnosis,
and filed a bug years before.

[ Drat, sent from wrong address again. ] On 6/10/2026 5:40 PM, Jordan Brown wrote: > I think it could have *more* safety features, to make it more > difficult to shoot yourself in the foot. In fact, some guy named Jon Bondy filed #5167 <https://github.com/openscad/openscad/issues/5167> on exactly this topic almost exactly two years ago. To be clear:  that's intended as amusement, not as a jab.  I can't tell you how many times I've encountered a bug, diagnosed it, figured out the fix needed, gone to file a bug report, checked for existing bug reports, and found that I'd encountered the same bug, done the same diagnosis, and filed a bug years before.