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Subject:	Re: [geda-user] New experimental netlist features
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DJ Delorie wrote:

> If we allow a net to be more than one signal (which verilog allows, so
> precedent ;) then buses *are* nets, and we don't need anything new,
> other than to teach the netlisters how to deal with a non-singular
> net connecting to a non-singular pin.
> 
... and teach ourselves to treat the words "bus" and "net" as synonyms.

The world outside geda knows about the hierarchical relation of "bus" and 
"net". IMHO, it would be good style to keep the association of words and 
meanings close to what they are in the general technical terminology. 

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