gEDA-dev: Re: Bug reports for gattrib

[Stephen Williams]

Stuart Brorson wrote:
> In the ideal world, gschem would insist that the net= attribute would
> be assigned to a *pin*, and would tie a particular pin to a particular
> netname.  However, I realize this is a PITA, and the current usage of
> net= is more convenient.   Therefore, I'm not suggesting we change the
> usage of the net= attribute.

That makes no sense. In the way I use it, the net= attrigute *creates*
the pins. What Pin am I going to connect a "net=GND:5,7,9,12" to?
Pin 5? Pin 7? Pin 42?

The whole point (at least in my case) of this attribute is to
avoid a spray of pointless pins. I think it's much clearer to
think of it as "Oh and by the way, connect GND to pins 5, 7, 9
and 12." I'm not sure what attaching the net to a pin would mean.
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