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On Oct 19, 2015, at 11:22 AM, DJ Delorie <dj AT delorie DOT com> wrote:

>=20
>> It only requires they be unique if they refer to distinct
>> entities. And that, fundamentally, is in the mind of the designer.
>=20
> When would two symbols in a schematic ever *not* refer to distinct =
entities?
>=20
>>> 3. It must provide some user-independent way of making the symbols =
unique.
>>=20
>> Rigid thinking, taking away the user's freedom to use the tool as
>> their problem requires.
>=20
> I said *if the tool requires* in which case the user's freedom has
> already been limited by their choice to use the tool.
>=20
> And this requirement was from *your* statement:
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>>> You have to have some way to distinguish them.
>=20
> "have to" sounds like a requirement to me, and I was referring to the
> case where the user "has to=94.

Well, I think that=92s a logical requirement, not a mere desire.

>=20
>> (3) requires clairvoyance.
>=20
> No, (3) only requires a UUID be assigned to each symbol as it's =
instantiated.
>=20

Until you realize that users make copies of things using multiple =
methods, and the intent of the copy may be to move the circuitry or to =
duplicate it. Then, it still requires clairvoyance.

John Doty              Noqsi Aerospace, Ltd.
http://www.noqsi.com/
jpd AT noqsi DOT com



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