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> > And why gschem tries to understand slotting in the first place, and doesn't leave it for the netlister?
> 
> I think that’s because the concept of forward annotation to an as-built schematic was not on the table when it was implemented. The developers thought that users would need to see pin numbers in the source schematics. I suppose there are many who will still want this even after we construct a good way to make as-built schematics.
> 
> John Doty              Noqsi Aerospace, Ltd.
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> jpd AT noqsi DOT com

I have been thinking about an annotation mechanism so that it possible to annotate decisions made later during design flow without changing the original schematics but it may also add confusion.

Nicklas Karlsson

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