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On Oct 19, 2015, at 11:22 AM, DJ Delorie <dj AT delorie DOT com> wrote:
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>> It only requires they be unique if they refer to distinct
>> entities. And that, fundamentally, is in the mind of the designer.
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> When would two symbols in a schematic ever *not* refer to distinct =
entities?
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>>> 3. It must provide some user-independent way of making the symbols =
unique.
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>> Rigid thinking, taking away the user's freedom to use the tool as
>> their problem requires.
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> I said *if the tool requires* in which case the user's freedom has
> already been limited by their choice to use the tool.
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> And this requirement was from *your* statement:
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>>> You have to have some way to distinguish them.
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> "have to" sounds like a requirement to me, and I was referring to the
> case where the user "has to=94.
Well, I think that=92s a logical requirement, not a mere desire.
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>> (3) requires clairvoyance.
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> No, (3) only requires a UUID be assigned to each symbol as it's =
instantiated.
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Until you realize that users make copies of things using multiple =
methods, and the intent of the copy may be to move the circuitry or to =
duplicate it. Then, it still requires clairvoyance.
John Doty Noqsi Aerospace, Ltd.
http://www.noqsi.com/
jpd AT noqsi DOT com
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