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On Thu, 25 Aug 2016, Robert P. J. Day wrote:

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>   not sure why i never noticed this before, but why do layers *append*
> to BBFILE_COLLECTIONS rather than just assigning the layer name with a
> simple assignment? is this just to allow alternate names for the same
> layer? can't believe this is the first time i ever noticed this. is
> there an actual example where this is being used?

  never mind ... just realized that variable represents the *entirety*
of the BBFILEs, not just for that layer. duh.

rday

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