Thanks! I agree, I've only just started looking at the gds file and I keep thinking - 'is that it?'. But then, I guess there's thousands of different use cases,

Thanks! I agree, I've only just started looking at the gds file and I keep thinking - 'is that it?'. But then, I guess there's thousands of different use cases, and this is the simplest format that works for all of them. If I every come up for air I should look in to hardcaml and maybe that will allow me to reach enlightenment