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> On Aug 16, 2017, at 9:24 AM, DJ Delorie <dj AT delorie DOT com> wrote:
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> Remember, folks, the main purpose of this thread is to talk about
> duplicate attributes *in pcb*. Nobody has suggested any changes to
> gschem.
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> In pcb you'd need unique names, like comment1, comment2, etc. This =
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> always been the case so nothing new.
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> The only time it would matter is when you're importing a schematic =
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> pcb, and you want all the attributes copied to the element - but that
> never supported duplicates anyway.
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The place where gschem=E2=80=99s capabilities get matched to downstream =
needs is in the gnetlist back ends. It seems to me perfectly reasonable =
to discuss conventions for transmitting information downstream along =
with the specifics of how these would work for downstream tools like pcb =
through the gnetlist back ends.
John Doty Noqsi Aerospace, Ltd.
http://www.noqsi.com/
jpd AT noqsi DOT com
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class=3D"">On Aug 16, 2017, at 9:24 AM, DJ Delorie <<a =
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wrote:</div><br class=3D"Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=3D""><div =
class=3D""><br class=3D"">Remember, folks, the main purpose of this =
thread is to talk about<br class=3D"">duplicate attributes *in pcb*. =
Nobody has suggested any changes to<br class=3D"">gschem.<br =
class=3D""><br class=3D"">In pcb you'd need unique names, like comment1, =
comment2, etc. This has<br class=3D"">always been the case so =
nothing new.<br class=3D""><br class=3D"">The only time it would matter =
is when you're importing a schematic into<br class=3D"">pcb, and you =
want all the attributes copied to the element - but that<br =
class=3D"">never supported duplicates anyway.<br class=3D""><br =
class=3D""></div></div></blockquote><br class=3D""></div><div>The place =
where gschem=E2=80=99s capabilities get matched to downstream needs is =
in the gnetlist back ends. It seems to me perfectly reasonable to =
discuss conventions for transmitting information downstream along with =
the specifics of how these would work for downstream tools like pcb =
through the gnetlist back ends.</div><br class=3D""><div class=3D"">
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