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> > No reason to not support a list/range in pinnumber= (or pinlabel=)
> > though.
> > 
> > pinnumber=5,6,8,9
> > 
> > the netlister could match that up with netname=D[0..3]
> 
> Would this proposed feature also work for connecting a single pin to multiple pads? For example, could three pin symbols for transistors work with devices that have four pads? It would be nice to support all the relationships:
> 
> - one to one
> - one to many (3 pin symbol transistor with a 4 pad footprint)
> - many to one (pass thru pins)
> - many to many

Components with several ground pins are very common.