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On Oct 18, 2015, at 8:42 PM, DJ Delorie <dj AT delorie DOT com> wrote:

>=20
>> One geda-gaf issue is that the fundamental pin ID is
>> refdes/pinnumber, confused a bit by slotting. That would be very
>> hard to change, but I think mapping (original refdes)/(original
>> pinnumber) to (as-built refdes)/(as-built pinnumber) is possible.
>=20
> This fails if we switch to symbolic pins, which won't have "original
> pinnumber" any more.  Consider:
>=20
> http://www.delorie.com/pcb/symsym.html
>=20
> Which gate is "U1/pin-A" ?
>=20

Then you=92re talking about a *drastic* change to geda-gaf, or a new =
schematic toolkit entirely. But I don=92t see why a symbolic pin cannot =
have a number to identify it: it need not have anything to do with the =
physical pin.

John Doty              Noqsi Aerospace, Ltd.
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