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On 12/29/2015 01:09 PM, Evan Foss (evanfoss AT gmail DOT com) [via geda-user AT delorie DOT com] wrote:
> To me slotting is mostly only good for grouping the symbols that go
> with a given refdes.

Yes, classical "slots" implies "of a certain number of pins width" and "in the same order"...

It's kind of old fashioned when various programmable logic is cheap to use for glue between chips these days.

Mapping is a good name for the FPGA feature rather than slotting.

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