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> >> Yes, but you don't know if there is a user written backend.
> >> 
> >> For example, I add user defined attributes to my symbols in gschem, and I
> >> have scripts that uses it.
> >> 
> >> Gschem doesn't know what to do with my attributes, but my scripts does.
> > 
> > Except for some attributes hardwired in the code occassionally - like "netname" in gschem.
> 
> That shouldn’t be hardwired.

If you want an attribute to name the net how do you figure which attribute to use in such case?