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Subject:	Re: [geda-user] pcb import schematic crash, parantheses in netname
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From:	John Doty <jpd AT noqsi DOT com>
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Date:	Tue, 16 Feb 2016 13:47:37 -0700
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On Feb 16, 2016, at 1:32 PM, DJ Delorie <dj AT delorie DOT com> wrote:

>=20
>> The excuse is that doing that will lead to bugs.
>=20
> The context was "what should gnetlist allow?"  The answer is:
> everything it can.  If the downstream tools have limits, let them
> manage those limits themselves.  Why should gnetlist, or even a
> netlist backend, limit what *it* can handle, if it doesn't have to?

+1

>=20
> If I change the pcbfwd netlister to fail on '$' for some then-valid
> reason in pcb, and pcb itself changes to allow '$', I have to go back
> and "fix" the netlister (and possibly older but previously installed
> netlisters) to allow it.  There's no reason for that.  If the user
> puts it in the schematic, and the netlister *can* pass it downstream,
> it *should*.
>=20

I can imagine that those who can read the characters might prefer the =
netname =E2=80=9C=E9=AB=98=E5=9C=A7=E2=80=9D to =E2=80=9CHV=E2=80=9D or =
=E2=80=9CHighVoltage=E2=80=9D. When you=E2=80=99re trying to pack =
information into small spaces, Roman letters sometimes seem clumsy.

John Doty              Noqsi Aerospace, Ltd.
http://www.noqsi.com/
jpd AT noqsi DOT com



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