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> On 9 Feb 2015, at 15:42, John Griessen <john AT ecosensory DOT com> wrote:
> 
> they will have node lists like:
> 
> VDDA2:   module1:1/port4 module1:1/module5:1/port2 module1:1/module5:1/port1 module1:1/module5:1/C4
> 
> Where the slashes separate hierarchy levels and the colons enumerate instances.
> module5:1 is surrounded by slashes so one knows it is a separate text to parse that has meaning about levels.

I’m not sure I fully understand that.  I get the instance notation, but are you saying that the following analogies might hold:

module1:1/port4 = op-amp-1.sym:1/pin4
module1:1/module5:1/port2 = op-amp-1.sym:1/npn-1.sym:1/pin2

(assuming op-amp-1.sym might actually be a sub-circuit.)

Chris