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> I'm saying this is a bug, I'm saying that this is worth a warning. What
> about warning about duplicated refdes for syms that has no slotting
> defined?

Unfortunately, that's a very common case these days.  *Most* of my
designs have at least one such component, usually an MCU that I've
split into 2-3 blocks (power, bus, I/O).

The tricky part is being *reliable* about detecting overlapping
refdes's vs an intentionally split-up component.  You have to consider
all the possible situations and plan accordingly.

Also, just "saying this is a bug" doesn't get stuff done.  If you want
it done, you need to be willing to do it too.