questions on *date and *export

[Wookey]

On 06-08-24 17:40 +0200, Thomas Holder wrote:
> Why is it necessary to export points? Is there any disadvantage in using
> "*infer exports on"?

The advantage of using exports is that you can avoid a certain class
of mistakes by only exporting stations that are known to be refindable
or re-used. If you try to connect to a station that is not exported
then this is a reminder to check that the connection really is to the
right station. If you always mark all your stations then perhaps
*infer exports on makes sense.

In older versions of survex inferring exports was the default but the
export concept was added to make connections explicit at both ends.

Wookey
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