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Subject:	Re: [geda-user] netlisting libraries
From:	John Doty <jpd AT noqsi DOT com>
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On Aug 26, 2015, at 12:58 PM, Roland Lutz <rlutz AT hedmen DOT org> wrote:

> On Wed, 26 Aug 2015, John Doty wrote:
>> The overloading of pinseq is really the only one I’ve found troublesome, so gnet-spice-noqsi gives you other ways to handle slotted devices.
> 
> I've never understood the motivation for the SPICE netlist backends to use pinseq= at all.  Is this just a hack to get the unslotted pinnumber?  Or is there some other mechanism involved?

I believe it’s copied from the Viewlogic architecture. It never worked right there, either.

John Doty              Noqsi Aerospace, Ltd.
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jpd AT noqsi DOT com

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