Re: gEDA: Dumb (g)netlist question.

[Laurin Blacken <laurin-at-NOSPAMnovationinc_dot_com>]

>...
>START components
>
>U100 device=7404
>
>END components
>
>START nets
>
>+5V : U100 1, U100 14
>GND : U100 7
>NETNAME : U100 1
>
>END nets
...

There may be a few cases where this may useful or desirable.

The problem probably occurs when you try to read the netlist into a 
PCB layout tool which will complain.

How about if the rules checker flags the situation and gives a 
warning and allows you to change it if you want to?

Some netlisters I have used give you an option of automatically 
combining nets. Deciding what name it picks for the combined net 
could be interesting.

Laurin

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