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> > You also wrote:
> > 
> > > What I want is a way to reliably map an instance of a device with its
> > > schematic symbol, without the user having to jump through hoops to
> > > satisfy some hidden "rule" about how to create schematics.
> > 
> > How is it hard for a user to understand that symbols need to be
> > distinguishable at the schematic level?
> 
> From the user's point of view, they're distinguishable.  There's this
> one, and that one :-) Why should we force the user to decide
> packaging, slotting, and unique numbering, right at the beginning,
> when they're just tossing a design together?  Even as late as layout,
> they could change the packaging and thus change the slotting (for
> example, switching from a quad-nand to two dual-nand packages).

You are absolutely right packaging, value and slotting is usually not the first step.

Nicklas Karlsson