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On Mon, 26 Sep 2016 09:05:21 -0400
John Doty <jpd AT noqsi DOT com> wrote:
> 1. Use attributes for rather than special backend-dependent symbols
> like spice-subcircuit-LL.

I agree.

Likewise, backends should not have anything symbol-specific.

and all backends should support attributes, in a consistent way.