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Subject: Re: [geda-user] [pcb] mainline: redundant attributes: bug or
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On Mon, 14 Aug 2017, DJ Delorie wrote:

>
> gedau AT igor2 DOT repo DOT hu writes:
>> I did not find any sign that the import sch would set element attributes -
>> maybe that was the plan, to import attributes from the schematics, but it
>> never happened? Does the pcb netlist format even support that?
>
> File->Import doesn't use a netlist, it uses an action script.  That
> script sets element attributes from symbol attributes.

Ahh, thanks, indeed, the gnetlist backend generates the 
script and that will probably have ElementSetAttr() actions for setting 
element attributes.

That's good news: I think that action never permitted redundant keys, at 
least neither in the 2011 version nor in 4.0.0. So I think pcb never 
really supported redundant key imported via gnetlist so making it an 
explicit error won't change anyone's flow.


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