Re: connection point at the end of a line

["Sameer Sahasrabuddhe" <sameerds gmail com>]

On Wed, Jan 7, 2009 at 2:04 PM, Lars Ræder Clausen <lars raeder dk> wrote:

> > 2) A hyperedge, or something more general, a bunch of lines all
> > connected at one point. The direction of arrows can be settable. Here,
> > you can't "disconnect" one of the lines, you can only remove it
> > entirely from that hyperedge object.
>
> You mean something like the Bus object from the Network sheet, but more
> generic? That could be useful.  Also possibly:

That sounds interesting ... basically a "tree" in terms of graph
theory, or a "hydra" to be cute about it. In this respect, the network
bus is a hydra with two restrictions: branches come out orthogonal to
the trunk, and there are no sub-branches. This is a tricky object and
extremely difficult to specify ... what is the definition of "trunk"
for example? But if a good UI can be built to manage this beast, it
would be very useful for expressing trees, branching in version
control systems, wires in circuits, etc.

Sameer.
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