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> For things with a lot of pins, I usually just draw a box without
> pins, run a bus to it, and make the pin connections from a table
> with pins2gsch.awk.

When I have to debug a faulty pcb, stuff like this would be useless.
A schematic should be more than just "capture the netlist" - it should
help the viewer understand the design and operation of the device.

But I agree that there's a tradeoff that's sometimes best solved with
a table instead of a diagram.  I've suggested adding a "table" object
to gschem, for things like power/gnd pins.