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Subject: Re: [geda-user] Large flat netlists - gnetlist/ngspice
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On Apr 9, 2013, at 6:57 AM, Abhijit Kshirsagar wrote:

> From thread: [geda-user] gnetlist hierarchy uref order setting:
> 
> On Sat, Jan 5, 2013 at 6:06 AM, John Doty <jpd AT noqsi DOT com> wrote:
>> Some SPICE dialects, including
>> ngspice, have historically had trouble with memory leaks provoked by large
>> flat netlists, and it's usually faster to let SPICE do the expansion.
> 
> Is there any documentation on this? I can't seem to find any.
> TIA,
> ~Abhijit
> 

I'm using ngspice-24 with a very large flat netlist right now without any difficulty beyond the usual dialect incompatibilities.

John Doty              Noqsi Aerospace, Ltd.
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