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On Oct 21, 2015, at 6:50 PM, Evan Foss (evanfoss AT gmail DOT com) [via =
geda-user AT delorie DOT com] <geda-user AT delorie DOT com> wrote:

> There is no valid use case

that you know of

> for a net
> having more than one name.

>> We have tools for checking =93rules=94, but they work relative to =
their designers=92 models of the flow. We have seen that these do not =
apply to every flow. And every once in while some crazy person wants =
something completely unanticipated by the developers (like a graphical =
Makefile generator ;-). It=92s thus the gnetlist core=92s job to present =
the data to the backend, not to enforce rules.
>=20
> You call them crazy while saying we should cater to them?

Yes. What makes you think that =93crazy=94 is pejorative? I=92m a guy =
who takes digital audio circuits, mixes them with 1950=92s radar ideas, =
adds a sensor from strategic defense, and comes up with an instrument =
that can see gas swirling around a black hole at relativistic speed =
(https://heasarc.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/asca/gallery/mcg6.html). I *need* =
tools that support crazy ideas. ;-)

> This is
> particularly odd as you are the one constantly digging up workflows no
> one has considered before.

Aren=92t you the one who wanted to make Makefiles from diagrams?

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



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